The Government of Canada is investing over $151 million in a submarine cable project for the far northern province of Nunavut under the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream (RNIS) of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan.
More than thirty years into the fiber optics era for submarine cables, the building of a new cable generally does not create a great deal of excitement outside of the industry.
Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) announced that the July 31, 2019, forbearance agreement that was entered into by 87 percent of its bondholders has been extended until 5:00pm (EDT) on September 1, 2019, which provides additional time to discuss options related to the $350m 7.00% Senior Secured Notes issued by GCX Limited.
Business and residential customers in Rota lost communication services yesterday, August 9, due to a fiber break in Docomo Pacific’s own ATISA subsea cable.
The St Helena Government (SHG) has issued a letter of intent to connect St Helena to the Equiano subsea cable project. This will provide the first fibre optic connectivity from St Helena to the outside world through both Europe and South Africa.
Omantel is a key supporter of the Subsea Optical Fiber Communications 2019 International Summer School, presented by Google and the OSA Foundation. It runs until the 10th August 2019 at Holiday Centre Huhmari, a lakeside resort in Polvijärvi, Finland.
The government of Tonga has indicated that the results of the police investigation into the January 2019 outage of the island nation’s only submarine cable would be released soon.
More than half of the submarine cable for the 3,600-kilometer Manatua project has been manufactured and the project is on track for completion next year.
Submarine cable owner Angola Cables is set to be privatized by 2022, according to the government’s privatization program that will see shares of nearly 200 government owned companies sold off.
Angola Cables, has announced that, through their ultra-low latency submarine fiber cable routes, they will provide a new Live Gaming Portal in Angola. This will be open to all eSports and gaming communities in Africa, offering the lowest latency experience ever.
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