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By PR Release The International Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience has approved its final report, including explanations of recommendations to strengthen the resilience of submarine telecommunication cables — the critical infrastructure that carries more than 99 per cent of data traffic worldwide.
By Winston Qiu The captain of the Hong Kong-flagged container ship Newnew Polar Bear has pleaded not guilty in a Hong Kong court to charges related to severing a critical Baltic Sea gas pipeline and multiple subsea telecommunication cables in October 2023—after being held in remand for more than 270 days since his initial arrest.
By PR Release OMS Group and EGS Australia have successfully completed cable route survey operations in Australia using EGS Australia’s Uncrewed Survey Vessel (USV) the “Fremantle 01”, demonstrating the growing role of next-generation autonomous technology in delivering safer, more efficient, and environmentally responsible subsea infrastructure projects.
By Winston Qiu On the last day of 2025, EXA Infrastructure announced the completion of its long-running acquisition of Aqua Comms from Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (D9), strengthening its Transatlantic and intra-European connectivity network. The final net consideration of the transaction is £34.0 million (approximately US$46 million).
By Winston Qiu DXN, a prefabricated modular data centre specialist, has signed a $1.8 million contract to deliver a prefabricated modular Cable Landing Station (CLS) for APTelecom, a U.S.-based telecommunications and fibre consultancy specialising in developing connectivity and digital infrastructure projects globally.
By Winston Qiu China’s ZTT Group has signed with Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) a major land lease agreement to build a new manufacturing factory for submarine and terrestrial cables at Ras Al-Khair Port. ZTT is expected to invest $100 million (SAR375 million) for the state-of-the-art factory which will occupy an area of 80,000 square meters.
By Winston Qiu Sify Infinit Spaces, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Sify Technologies, has started construction on an 50MW AI Edge Data Center and an Open Cable Landing Station in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, Inida.
By Winston Qiu Google announced an artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, India, with an investment of approximately $15 billion (USD) over five years (2026-2030), including a purpose-built data center campus and the construction of a new international subsea gateway in Visakhapatnam.
By Winston Qiu According to the South China Morning Post, the captain of Newnew Polar Bear, a Hong Kong-flagged container ship, has been remanded in custody in Hong Kong on suspicion of severing a critical Baltic Sea gas pipeline and subsea cables running between Estonia and Finland in October 2023.
By Winston Qiu Retelit and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), united under the vehicle Boost BidCo, have finalized agreement with TIM for the acquisition of Sparkle for €700million.
By Winston Qiu Lumen Technologies (Lumen) and Ciena have successfully established a 1.2 terabit per second (Tbps) wavelength service trial across 3,050 kilometers (more than 1,800 miles) on Lumen's Ultra-Low-Loss (ULL) fiber network, making it the world's longest 1.2 terabit non-regenerated signal on terrestrial fiber cable network.
By Winston Qiu Keppel Ltd. (Keppel) announced on Tuesday that its flagship infrastructure private fund, Keppel Infrastructure Fund (KIF), and Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte. Ltd. (KIFM), the trustee-manager of Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT), have, through their respective indirect subsidiaries, entered into a share subscription agreement for KIT’s proposed subscription of a 46.7% equity stake in Global Marine Group (GMG) for US$90.6 million (S$122.3 million).
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