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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
Singtel and Telin are partnering to create the INSICA Consortium, developing a new submarine cable system between Singapore and Batam to support data center…
IOEMA Fibre announced plans for high-capacity, 1400 km repeatered submarine cable system connecting five key northern European markets – the UK, The Netherlands, Germany,…
Google is expanding its global network with new terrestrial and subsea cables, including the Umoja cable in Africa and the upcoming Humboldt cable project.…
Sparkle successfully lands BlueMed submarine cable in Chania, Greece, connecting Italy, France, Greece, and beyond with high-speed internet and advanced solutions.
Super Sistem has selected Infinera’s GX Series and ICE6 800G coherent solution to power the Super Sistem Batam Singapore (SSBS) Cable System connecting Batam…
Telstra International to establish regional network hub in Guam at GNC iX data center, connecting Asia, Australia, and U.S. for growing connectivity demand.
A series of subsea cable cuts is causing traffic disruptions across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda. According to media reports, both the Eassy and…
Google is investing $1 billion in new subsea capacity to Japan, expanding the Pacific Connect initiative with two new cables and enhancing digital connectivity.
Cisco transmitted 800Gbps on the Amitié transatlantic communications cable, which runs 6,234 kilometers from Boston, Massachusetts to Bordeaux, France, and which now supportsMicrosoft’s global…
The 2Africa project reaches a new milestone as the subsea cable lands in Ghana and Nigeria, making it the longest ever deployed at 45,000km.…
Aqua Comms signs a lease agreement with ESnet to provide Trans-Atlantic subsea spectrum, supporting DOE's research community with high-performance data networks.
The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) and Ocean Networks Inc. (ONI) announced plans to build a submarine optical fiber cable system, known as the Hawaiian…
Lightstorm, owned by I Squared Capital, is set to acquire three subsea cable systems, strengthening its submarine capabilities and expanding its presence in the…
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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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