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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, Gold Data, and Sparkle have announced a partnership to construct and commercialize the MANTA subsea cable system. MANTA will deliver high-capacity, low-latency…
Nokia, Windstream Wholesale, and Colt Technology Services have completed an 800 Gigabit Ethernet (800GbE) service trial, linking London and Chicago. The trial covered an…
Aqua Comms has activated a new fiber pair on its AEC-1 subsea network, which connects New York, Dublin, and London. The AEC-1 system currently…
Sipartech, an infrastructure operator based in France, is using Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme submarine network solution to provide wholesale 400GbE services over an 800Gb/s wavelength.…
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Telconet Latam have reached key milestones in the construction of the CSN1 submarine cable. All branching units, repeaters, and…
On June 24th, 2024, the “Timor-Leste South Submarine Cable” (TLSSC) landed at the Cable Landing Station in Bebonuk, Dili. This groundbreaking project connects Timor-Leste…
In a strategic move to streamline its portfolio, Nokia has announced plans to sell Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to the French government. The telecommunications…
Datagrid New Zealand has initiated a research project with international marine survey company EGS Survey to find the shortest and most secure route for…
The 2Africa subsea cable has been landed in Bude, Cornwall. At 45,000km, 2Africa is expected to be the longest subsea cable ever deployed. A…
The NTT DATA-led JUNO submarine cable system, which will link Japan and the United States, will deploy Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme, powered by WaveLogic 6…
Telin hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cable Landing Station (CLS) near Pantai Mutiara, a critical component of the Bifrost Cable System. The ambitious…
Digicel Group announced the activation of its subsea fibre cable, Deep Blue One, linking the Caribbean and South America with landings in French Guiana,…
Telecom Egypt and SubCom completed the IEX Subsea system landings in Egypt, connecting India to Europe with cutting-edge technology and high-capacity transmission.
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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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