Submarine Fiber Optic Communications back issues from March 2009:
International Internet bandwidth growth, 2002-2008.
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NEC wins contract to build Submarine Cable Asia Network (SCAN) system.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... NEC Corporation announced the signing of a multimillion-dollar full turnkey contract with PT. Fangbian Iskan Corporindo ("FIC") and Telemedia Pacific Inc. ("TPI") to supply the new intra-Asian Submarine Cable Asia Network ("SCAN") system. The signing ceremony took place at Surabaya, ...
NEC to upgrade PanAmerican submarine cable.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... NEC Corporation announced the signing of a multimillion-dollar contract with a purchaser consortium of 11 telecommunications carriers for upgrading the PanAmerican Cable System. This cable system connects the west coast of South America and the Caribbean through Panama. The 11 purchasers ...
Tunisia signals its digital independence with a new subsea cable linking North Africa to Interoute's pan-European network.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Tunisie Telecom has signed a contract with Interoute to establish a subsea cable linking North Africa to Interoute's pan-European fiber-optic network. The cable, due to land in Sicily in October, gives Tunisia ownership over the flow of its Internet traffic and removes the ...
Huawei Marine wins contract for submarine cable system to bridge Tunisia and Italy.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Huawei Marine Networks announced a turnkey contract signed with Tunisie Telecom in Tunisia for the supply of a submarine cable system called "HANNIBAL System" project linking Tunisia and Italy. The "HANNIBAL System" will stretch about 170km and connect Kelibia, Tunisia, and ...
NSW to lay Germany's longest power cable to Heligoland.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) will be laying for E.ON Hanse AG Germany's longest submarine cable, measuring almost 53 kilometers, for supplying electricity to the island of Heligoland. Up to now, the island's power supply has come from aging diesel generators, which can ...
Subsea 7 announces contract award on Tambau Urugua and P-56 projects.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Subsea 7 Inc., a subsea engineering and construction company, announced that it has been awarded a contract with an estimated value of $200 million from Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro S/A) for the Tambau Urugua and P-56 developments in the deepwater Santos and Campos Basins offshore ...
Zayo Group secures new equity financing.(FINANCING)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Zayo Group, a regional provider of fiber-based bandwidth, telecom, and wholesale voice solutions, announced that Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (Morgan Stanley AIP) has joined in a second closing to complete its recently announced Series B round of equity financing. In ...
Global Marine Systems' Energy division prepared for growth.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Chelmsford, UK - Global Marine Systems today announced Kim Wichmann-Hansen as President of Global Marine Energy, a division focused on Subsea Electrical infrastructure for the Offshore Wind and Energy Transmission markets, as well as Subsea Umbilical and Cable Transportation & Installation ...
Tyco Telecommunications successfully transmits 40Gbps signal on Tata Communications' trans pacific undersea system.(TECHNOLOGY)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Tyco Telecommunications, a business unit of Tyco Electronics and provider of undersea communications technology, announced the successful demonstration of 40Gbps transmission over ultralong-haul distances. The test was conducted using dark fibers on the existing Tata Communications ...
SEACOM partners with Interoute to open a digital super highway between East Africa and Europe.(PARTNERSHIPS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... SEACOM has signed a contract with Interoute to connect its 17,000 km intercontinental submarine fiber optic network to Interoute's pan-European fiber optic network, providing East Africa with access to major business centers in Europe and throughout the rest of the world, plus Interoute's ...
Tata Communications and Dimension Data partner to accelerate global TelePresence market.(PARTNERSHIPS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications, and Dimension Data, the $4.5-billion specialist IT services and solutions provider, have signed an agreement to support the Cisco Systems Telepresence suite of products on a worldwide basis. Dimension ...
Pacnet enhances focus on SMBs with new partner program.(PARTNERSHIPS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Pacnet unveiled its new partner program offering improved support and enhanced incentives for its business partners to help them deliver leading-edge telecommunications solutions to small and medium businesses (SMBs) across Australia. "Partners are key to helping us address the ...
Cobian acquires rights to Trans-Caribbean Cable Network - Caribbean.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Cobian International Group has acquired the rights to the Caribbean undersea cable project that was being developed by the Trans-Caribbean Cable Company (TCCC) consortium, the CEO of Cobian International, Joanne Negron, told BNamericas. Cobian, through its wholly owned ...
NTT Com and Pacnet make an offer on Pacific Crossing.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Financial Times is reporting that NTT Communications, based in Japan and part of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, and Pacnet, based in Hong Kong, have each offered bids between $80 and $90 million to purchase the assets of the subsea cable operator Pacific Crossing. Based in ...
Australia Japan Cable completes testing and offers Gigabit Ethernet on its international network.(SERVICES)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Australia Japan Cable has completed what it believes is a strategically critical and market-imperative product initiative which will allow its customers to access scalable, low-cost bandwidth between Australia and Japan via Guam. "In recent months we've seen some Northern ...
Columbus Networks shifts to 40Gbps technology.(SERVICES)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Responding to regional growth in data traffic volumes and the knock-on increase in capacity requirements of its carrier customers, Columbus Networks is upgrading its network with a 40Gbps solution from Nokia Siemens Networks. The upgrade will add capacity to Columbus Networks' ...
The SubOptic 2010 website is launched.(EVENT)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Click the SubOptic 2010 button on the homepage of www.suboptic.org and you will access all the information you need to know about the undersea communications conference to be held in Yokohama, Japan from May 11-14th, 2010. With the launch of the SubOptic 2010 website, the build ...
10G/40G equipment racks up $10.8B in 2008 with no signs of slowing down.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Market research firm Infonetics Research released the 2009 edition of its 10G/40G/100G Market Size and Forecast report. Report highlights follow: - Annual shipments of 10 Gigabit (10G) and 40 Gigabit (40G) optical carrier and Ethernet ports on enterprise and service provider ...
Pacnet completes significant capacity upgrades on EAC-C2C.(NETWORK)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Pacnet announced the completion of its first phase of network upgrades which almost doubles the capacity on Asia Pacific's highest capacity subsea cable network, EAC-C2C. "With the completion of the first phase of our planned upgrades for EAC-C2C, we have almost doubled our ...