Light Reading | November 1, 2024

● Globe Telecom has been selected to provide a cable landing station in Davao for the Philippine segment of the Malaysia-US (MYUS) submarine cable system

○ 19,221 km cable, RFS mid-2028

○ It will be the first direct link between Malaysia and the US and will avoid disputed waters

○ 16 fiber pair system, ach with a minimum capacity of 15 Tbit/s, for a total initial capacity of 240 Tbit/s

● Hexa Capital Consultancy selected Globe Telecom as its local partner because of its experience in building the infrastructure for the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN)

The Express Tribune | November 1, 2024

● The country's telecom regulator has announced that internet service in Pakistan has been fully restored following repairs on the SMW-4 submarine cable

○ Faults in the SMW-4 and AAE-1 submarine cables were identified and addressed

■ The faults occurred in June and August respectively

■ A shortfall of 1750 Gbps has been resolved

Indian Web 2 | November 3, 2024

● Vodafone Greece has successfully connected the island of Crete to the India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) subsea cable system

○ New landing station in Tympaki on Crete’s southern coast

■ Helps to diversify the network, as most cable landings are on the northern end of the island

○ The IEX cable system spans nearly 10,000km and connects Mumbai to Europe

Irish Independent | October 24, 2024

The decision to grant Amazon a foreshore license for the construction of a subsea fibre optic cable system off the coast of Wexford has left one local councillor asking how this agreement will benefit the people of the local area.

Business Wire | October 24, 2024

Hexa (owner of the MYUS cable) appointed GTA in Guam as the U.S. Landing Party for MYUS

Data Center Dynamics | October 24, 2024

Meta Is Reportedly planning to build a new around-the-world subsea cable, running from one side of the US to the other, via the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.

October 19, 2024

EllaLink and SPLANG of French Guiana have begun the construction of the EllaLink cable extension to Cayenne, French Guiana.

October 16, 2024

Sparkle will join the MANTA project as a new partner, with Liberty Networks and Gold Data. MANTA will provide high-capacity and low-latency routes between Mexico, Panama, Colombia, and the United States.

October 16, 2024

Between perceived Chinese encroachment in the region, the complex national regulations that control the authorisation of repairs, and the crippled state of the cable-maintenance industry, cables are both a boon and an inescapable vulnerability for Asia-Pacific states.

itnews | October 2, 2024

The federal government has handed $51 million to US firm Manta Ray Solutions LLC to develop a new Pacific subsea cable. Forming part of Google’s Central Pacific Connect initiative, the cable will land at Funafuti, Tuvalu

BNN Bloomberg | October 2, 2024

Italy has made a new offer for Telecom Italia SpA’s Sparkle submarine cable unit. The bid is valued at 700 million euros (774 USD)

EuroNews | September 21, 2024

US officials expressed concern over possibility of Russia sabotaging cables, with a 2022 EU assessment naming Ireland, Malta, and Cyprus as areas of concern.

Reuters | September 17, 2024

The United States is urging Vietnam to avoid Chinese cable-laying firm HMN Technologies and other Chinese companies in its plans to build 10 new undersea cables by 2030.

Politico | September 12, 2024

The U.S. is drafting a “New York Joint Statement,” obtained by POLITICO, that is set to be signed in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22-25.