Undersea cables stories - Page 3
Submarine communications cables provide essential links between countries and continents, carrying
telecommunications signals across oceans and seas. Undersea cables are of particular significance in
New Zealand, providing the primary internet links to the world via Australia and the United States. While
protected by multiple layers keeping the salt and pressure of the ocean out, the core of every undersea
cable is an optic fibre no thicker than a human hair.
Telstra partnerships boost subsea cable infrastructure
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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Telstra's customers across Asia Pacific will soon be able to take advantage of major major boosts to Telstra's network services and subsea cables.
Hawaiki cable accelerates NZ/US collaboration
Fri, 19th Oct 2018
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The REANNZ Hawaiki cable capacity has successfully transferred 37 million files across the Pacific Ocean, revealing massive potential.
Google & Orange team up on new submarine cable connecting EU & US
Fri, 12th Oct 2018
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Google's new cable connecting the US to the French Atlantic coast will be first for more than 15 years, and Orange will be the landing partner.
Hawaiki cable connecting the US and the Pacific gets turbo boost
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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The Hawaiki subsea cable, linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and the US, will boost speed to 67 terabits per second with Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme.
Flexenclosure strengthens stranglehold on Pacific market
Tue, 18th Sep 2018
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The edge computing and cable landing company has received orders in two new Pacific countries, bringing the total to five in the last 18 months.
Flexential nearly doubles data center size with $32m expansion
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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Flexential has nearly doubled its Portland data centre size with a USD $32m expansion, enhancing global connectivity and cutting-edge IT infrastructure.
Sunshine Coast connecting to Asia and the US with new submarine cable
Fri, 7th Sep 2018
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A $35m contract has been signed for a submarine cable connecting Australia's Sunshine Coast to Asia and the United States.
Subsea cable connecting the U.S. and ANZ opens for business
Fri, 20th Jul 2018
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Competition is opening up in the Internet traffic market with this being the first high speed connection to NZ that Spark doesn't have a stake in.
Google invests in massive subsea cable connecting U.S. and Europe
Wed, 18th Jul 2018
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The tech giant has invested in a huge private subsea cable project across the Atlantic Ocean to expand its global cloud network.
Submarine cable project connecting Asia and the US signed off
Mon, 9th Jul 2018
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A consortium of global heavyweights has signed a contract with an Asian company to lay a high performance submarine cable spanning almost 16,000 km.
Superloop is now a direct customer of the Southern Cross cable system
Mon, 9th Jul 2018
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The agreement will provide Superloop with high capacity connectivity between its locations in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Epsilon & BBIX open up Tokyo peering points for global service providers
Tue, 26th Jun 2018
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The two companies have announced a partnership in a bid to to accelerate how Service Providers across the globe connect to peering points in Tokyo.
Google expands Asia Pacific cloud network with new subsea cable
Thu, 5th Apr 2018
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The cloud giant's investment in the JGA cable system adds to its portfolio of existing cable investments, which include HK-G and SJC subsea cables.
Telstra invests in two new subsea cable projects
Thu, 25th Jan 2018
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Telstra to invest in two new subsea cables connecting Hong Kong and the US, increasing capacity and providing lower latency routes.
Palau Spur submarine cable to bring 500Gbps to Republic of Palau
Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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NEC and the Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC) have completed a new submarine cable that links the Republic of Palau with the SEA-US cable.
Colt to upgrade subsea network globally and expand to North America
Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Colt to supercharge its global subsea network and bolster its North American presence, enhancing digital connectivity for multinational firms.
Facebook, Amazon & NTT Com build Japan - Philippines subsea cable
Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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NTT Com's Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE), Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) and Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1) cables will connect with Jupiter cable.
NZ-AU subsea cable names data center for U.S point of presence
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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Hawaiki Submarine Cable chooses Peak 10 + ViaWest's Oregon data center as its US point of presence for its high-speed submarine cable system.
A $42 million investment - Equinix expands Sydney data center
Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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The investment is the latest in a series of expansions for Equinix in APAC, with other recent expansions in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
It's official - Hong Kong cable construction has commenced
Wed, 26th Apr 2017
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Construction has begun on the Hong Kong - Guam Cable system, which aims to deliver a design capacity of over 48 terabits per second.