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By Winston Qiu In August 2026, Irish subsea infrastructure developer McMahon Design and Management Ltd (MDM) announced plans to construct NARW 1 (Narwhal 1) and NARW 2 (Narwhal 2). The twin transatlantic fiber-optic cable systems represent a combined investment of approximately US$500 million, funded through private equity and strategic industry partners to establish direct, high-capacity connectivity between Ireland and the United States.
By Winston Qiu UNIFI Communications, Inc. (USA), the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE), and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) have formally executed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement (C&MA) for UGARIT 2. The 240 km repeaterless submarine system will connect Pentaskhinos, Cyprus to Tartous, Syria, replacing the legacy 1995 cable and serving as a foundational digital bridge between Europe and the Middle East.
By Winston Qiu Singapore-based global asset manager Keppel Ltd. has secured a Facilities-Based Operator (FBO) licence from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) for its proposed Kruger Cable System. This milestone grants legal authority to deploy and operate the Singapore landing infrastructure, pushing the westbound subsea system toward a Final Investment Decision (FID).
By Winston Qiu The start of shore-end operations in Balneário Pinhal marks a historic technical milestone for the Malbec Submarine Cable System. This operation brings the physical fiber-optic cable from the ocean bed onto land, establishing the first-ever direct international subsea cable landing in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
By Winston Qiu Lightstorm has announced a ₹2,500 crore (approximately US$300 million) debt facility from IndusInd Bank, designed to accelerate the next phase of its AI network infrastructure buildout. The funding will support the expansion of what Lightstorm calls India's “AI Superhighway” — a high-capacity, deep-trenched fibre network connecting data centres and hyperscalers across India and Southeast Asia via its I-2SEA subsea cable system.
By Winston Qiu Submarine fiber-optic cables carry over 99% of intercontinental digital traffic, serving as the physical circulatory system of the global economy. Yet, a fundamental contradiction lies at the heart of modern telecommunications: while the industry champions "Open Cable" architectures—characterized by open optical spectrum, disaggregated hardware, and carrier-neutral access—the physical geographic routes of these multi-billion-dollar assets remain veiled in obscurity, proprietary silos, or abstract cartography.
By PR Release The installation of the first fiber-optic cable on the seabed of the Caspian Sea has been successfully completed as part of the Digital Silk Way initiative, launched at Azerbaijan's initiative to establish a new digital corridor between Europe and Asia.
By Winston Qiu For decades, the Philippines’ telecommunications sector was constrained by two major structural bottlenecks: a constitutional 40% cap on foreign equity ownership and an arduous, multi-year licensing regime centered on legislative franchises and public utility certificates. These regulatory barriers created a consolidated market dominated by traditional incumbent carriers, driving up bandwidth costs and leaving vast regions of the archipelago underserved.
By Winston Qiu Timor-Leste has officially commenced commercial operation of its first international submarine fiber-optic cable system, the Timor-Leste South Submarine Cable System (TLSSC), marking a historic milestone in the nation's digital transformation. The 607-kilometer cable connects the country directly to Australia's North West Cable System (NWCS), providing a vital digital artery for the young Southeast Asian nation.
By PR Release Liberty Networks, a leading provider of enterprise connectivity and digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV), a leading telecommunications company within the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, with international connection reach, announced the launch of Fénix, a submarine cable system that will have an extension of 378 km, minimum ring capacity of 14 Tbps, and will maintain two landing points: Camuri, located approximately 50 kilometers from Caracas (Venezuela), and Willemstad (Curaçao).
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