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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
SUBCO announced APX East, a new express submarine cable linking Australia directly to the mainland United States, with a planned Ready for Service date in…
ASN and OMS Group have been selected by Intra-Asia Marine Networks Co., Ltd. to build the Intra-Asia Marine (I-AM) submarine cable system, a large-scale…
NTT DATA, Sumitomo Corporation, and JA Mitsui Leasing have established a new joint venture, Intra-Asia Marine Networks Co., Ltd. (I-AM NW), to construct and operate a…
EXA Infrastructure has completed its acquisition of Aqua Comms, expanding its transatlantic and intra-European subsea footprint and adding new capacity between North America, Ireland,…
Finnish authorities seized the cargo vessel Fitburg, which was sailing from St. Petersburg, Russia, after subsea telecommunications cables linking Finland and Estonia were damaged late on December…
Prysmian Group and Fincantieri agreed to acquire Xtera in a deal that reshapes the submarine telecom supply chain. The two companies signed an agreement to acquire Xtera through a joint…
SIGET, El Salvador’s telecommunications regulator, has selected Liberty Networks to design, construct, deploy, and operate the country’s first-ever submarine cable system. The project marks…
Polar Connect has cleared another milestone with the signing of the Grant Agreement for Polar Connect Step 2 (PC2), securing fresh support from the…
Google has launched TalayLink, a new submarine cable that establishes a direct, diverse corridor between Australia and Thailand to strengthen digital resilience and expand…
China Mobile International (CMI) and seven global partners — Bayobab, center3, Meta, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone Group, and WIOCC — completed the core 2Africa…
Seren Juno and Ribbon completed a 20Tbps transmission trial across the 10,000 km JUNO trans-Pacific submarine cable, marking a major step for ultra-long-haul optical…
Orange Marine, a subsidiary of Orange Group specializing in submarine cable operations, has announced the construction of two new cable maintenance vessels to enhance…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Fastnet, a new transatlantic subsea fiber optic cable system connecting Maryland, U.S., and County Cork, Ireland. Expected to be…
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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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