The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced the award of a grant to Tuvalu Telecom Corporation (TTC) for a feasibility study to support the development of the Central Pacific Cable, a 15,900-kilometer subsea cable between Guam and American Samoa that will provide new or expanded connectivity to up to 12 Pacific Island countries.

BW Digital Pte. Ltd. (BW Digital) announced that its subsidiary, Hawaiki Nui Submarine Cable LP, has signed contracts with the Australian Government to enhance international connectivity throughout the Pacific region. The Autralian Government released later that the contracts amount to AU$37.3million in a total. 

EXA Infrastructure announced it has added a fifth transatlantic route to its network footprint with the addition of the Dunant cable, connecting the US and Europe via a southern corridor across the Atlantic.

KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the parent company of OMS Group (or the “Company”), a leading telecom infrastructure company and provider of subsea cable services, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR will commit $400 million in a tailored solution for OMS Group.

Telxius announced to extend its ultrahigh capacity subsea cable Tikal to land in Cancun (Mexico). Tikal was announced jointly by Telxius and America Movil in January 2023 to connect Puerto Barrios (Guatemala) to Boca Raton (United States). Telxius will now lead independently, on its own, the extension project to Cancun and the related supply contract is already in force with ASN.

In a blog post written by Brian Quigley, VP, Global Network Infrastructure of Google Cloud, Google officially announced to build Nuvem, a new transatlantic subsea cable system to connect Portugal, Bermuda, and the United States. Google hasn't released technical details about the Nuvem cable system which is expected to be supplied by SubCom.

SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. (“SUNeVision”), the number one data centre provider and connectivity hub in Hong Kong, and HKBN Group (“HKBN”), the leading integrated telecom and ICT solutions provider, announced on 29^th October 2023 the commencement of operations of their joint-investment subsea cable system, TKO Connect. TKO Connect represents a significant milestone in next-generation subsea fibre cable systems as it enables ultra-reliable and seamless interconnection between the MEGA-i and MEGA Plus high-tier data centres in Hong Kong.

NEC Corporation has successfully completed a long-distance field trial of 800 Gpbs on Telin's Indonesia Global Gateway (IGG) submarine cable system, achieving wavelength division optical transmission of 800 Gbps optical signals over 2,100 km, the longest ever recorded.

TM Global announces its participation as a consortium member of the Asia Link Cable System to boost submarine cable capacity from Malaysia to Asia. 

TM Global, the domestic and international wholesale business arm of TM, solidified its commitment to advancing Malaysia’s digital landscape by announcing its recent participation as a consortium member of the Asia Link Cable System (ALC).  This strategic move positions Malaysia as one of the key destinations connecting Malaysia to Hong Kong SAR.

Cinturion Corp Ltd., a global provider of scalable, subsea and terrestrial capacity-based network solutions, announced that it has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), one of the leading providers of fixed line, mobile, internet and digital services across the UAE. The partnership will deliver new diverse routes to du customers to meet the ever-growing demand in the region and bring an open-access Cable Landing Station (CLS) to UAE’s economic, social and digital transformation.

Singapore, 13th September 2023 - Submarine Networks World, the largest annual gathering of subsea communications leaders in the world, is set to welcome its largest delegation to date this September 27–28, 2023, in Singapore.

SUBCO announced that it is ready to begin construction on a new transcontinental submarine cable that will connect Sydney, Melbourne (Torquay), Adelaide and Perth (S-M-A-P), with the project having officially achieved Contract in Force (CIF) status.

center3, a wholly owned subsidiary of stc Group, has selected Ciena's cutting-edge solutions and technologies for its fiber pairs on the 2Africa cable system, which lands in Saudi Arabia at Jeddah and Yanbu, provides reliable, high-bandwidth connectivity onward to three continents. With Ciena’s 800G technology, center3 can serve both regional and international digital needs with advanced communication, cloud, and data center hosting services.

Aqua Comms announced that it has activated the AEC-3 transatlantic subsea cable system leveraging native colocation and connectivity services at the CoreSite Boston data center campus (BO1),  offering direct connections between Boston and Europe. 

According to the Maldives news, the India-Asia Express (IAX) landed in Hulhumalé on Friday, August 11. Ocean Connectivity Maldives (OCM) held a landing ceremony in Hulhumale Friday afternoon. OCM is expected to invest more than $22.5 million in the IAX submarine cable project.