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Subsea network coverage
Tracking cable systems, landing stations, marine routes, coherent transmission, financing and the cloud-driven expansion of global capacity.
Coverage architecture
Converge Digest follows the submarine cable systems carrying international traffic between continents. Coverage spans new routes, cable ownership, hyperscaler investment, landing stations, wet-plant technology, coherent transmission, marine installation and geopolitical resilience.
New routes, consortium structures, ownership and capacity design.
See the companies ↓02Fiber pairs, repeaters, branching units and marine engineering.
See the companies ↓03Cable landing stations, terrestrial backhaul and data center interconnection.
See the companies ↓04Financing, route diversity, regulation, repair and geopolitical risk.
See the companies ↓Latest reporting
Telxius has joined the Firmina subsea cable system, connecting the US to Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Telxius will host Firmina in its digital hub…
KKR, a leading global investment firm, agreed to invest $400 million in OMS Group, a leading telecom infrastructure company and provider of subsea cable…
The Australian Government awarded contracts to Hawaiki Nui Submarine Cable, which is a division of BW Digital, to enhance international connectivity throughout the Pacific…
Telxius unveiled plans to extend its Tikal subsea cable system via a spur to Cancun, Mexico. Tikal was announced jointly with America Movil in…
Google, in partnership with In collaboration with a number of partners, including Fiji International Telecommunications, Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia, APTelecom…
Orange announced “Ready for Service” (RFS) status on the new “AMITIE” transatlantic submarine telecommunications cable. With a total length of 6,800 km and 16…
SUBCO is deploying tye Ciena GeoMesh Extreme, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme in the 6500 Packet-Optical Platforonce, to provide a resilient and reliable undersea…
DC BLOX inaugurated its Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The new facility will offer a design capacity at full build-out…
Sparkle activated commercial service in the first section of the BlueMed submarine cable connecting Palermo with Genoa to Milan. Service is available at multiples…
Earlier this summer, Aqua Comms activated its Amitié (AEC-3) transatlantic subsea cable system. CoreSite confirmed that Amitié is leveraging native colocation and connectivity services…
Cogent Communications has established a PoP in the GTA GNC Data Center. GTA, the leading telecommunications provider in Guam, operates the territory’s only modern,…
Aqua Comms, Meta, Microsoft, and Vodafone announced the commissioning of the Amitié subsea cable system, a 6,783 km (4,215 miles) trans-Atlantic system connecting North…
Heraeus Comvance has acquired part of the OFS Fitel Denmark ApS plant in Brøndby (near Copenhagen), Denmark. Financial terms were not disclosed. Heraeus said…
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Industry ecosystem
Submarine cables carry effectively all intercontinental traffic. Five groups of companies build, light, lay and pay for them.
Turnkey suppliers delivering wet plant, terminal equipment and installation.
Coherent line terminals and the DSPs setting per-fiber-pair capacity.
Fiber, armouring and cable production for deep-water and shore-end segments.
Cable ship operators handling laying, burial and the repair fleet resilience depends on.
Hyperscalers now fund and own a majority of new transoceanic capacity.
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