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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
Liberty Networks has launched the MAYA-1.2 subsea cable upgrade, doubling capacity for the Cayman Islands and strengthening regional digital infrastructure. The enhanced system, spanning…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved new rules aimed at streamlining the deployment and securing the integrity of submarine cable systems that carry 99%…
Nokia is powering PT Solusi Sinergi Digital Tbk (Surge) with subsea optical technology to boost connectivity between Indonesia and Singapore while extending affordable broadband…
EllaLink has signed a contract with Mauritania’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Administrative Modernization (MTNMA) to build a new international subsea connection linking the…
Nokia has been selected by AFR-IX Telecom to provide optical transport solutions for the Medusa subsea cable system, a new open-access fiber infrastructure that…
Sparkle and Algérie Télécom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new submarine cable directly linking Italy and Algeria. The deal, announced…
Sparkle has launched a second Point of Presence (PoP) in Thessaloniki, bolstering its infrastructure in northern Greece and reinforcing its strategic role in Balkan…
The Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 (SJC2) submarine cable system has officially entered commercial service, marking a major milestone in Asia-Pacific connectivity. Spanning 10,500 kilometers,…
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr unveiled a proposal to boost U.S. investment in submarine cables while tightening security controls to prevent access by foreign adversaries,…
The AUG East Consortium, led by Singtel and including AWS, Microsoft, and top Asian telecom carriers, has selected NEC Corporation to construct a new…
Google Cloud has unveiled plans for Sol, a new transatlantic subsea cable system that will connect Palm Coast, Florida to landing points in Bermuda, the…
Telecom Egypt and SubCom have completed the dual landings of the SEA-ME-WE-6 subsea cable system in Egypt, marking a major milestone in the rollout…
Telxius and Ciena have completed a record-setting 1.3 Tbps single-wavelength transmission across the 6,600km Marea submarine cable between Virginia Beach and Bilbao, marking an…
Topic explorer
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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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