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Angola Cables announced at ITW 2018 that it can now offer its customers customized amounts of capacity on the MONET subsea cable system with Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme Spectrum Sharing capability. Angola Cables can reliably and securely offer highly differentiated virtual fiber pairs, which are dedicated and upgradeable portions of overall optical spectrum, to end-users over a shared physical fiber pair.

The South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) is an ambitious 6,000-km submarine cable system that will connect Kribi, Cameroon with Fortaleza, Brazil. Scheduled for completion by Q3, 2018, SAIL brings together some major names in an ocean-spanning partnership designed to boost connectivity and economic activity across two continents. David Nkoto Emane, General Manager of Cameroon Telecom (CAMTEL), believes that the scheme’s main challenges can be overcome with the right mindset, strategies, and technologies.

Available Capacity Entitlement:

Multiple 100Gbps wavelengths on following segments of SJC cable system are available

  • China (Shantou CLS) to Japan (Chikura CLS)    
  • China  (Shantou CLS) to Hong Kong (Mega-I PoP) 
  • Hong Kong (Mega-I PoP) to Japan (Chikura CLS)
  • Entitlement/IRU on other segments are subject to further confirmation.

Xtera®, the system supplierfor the ARBR project, announces today that Seaborn Networks ("Seaborn"), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, has selected its C+L band design for the system between São Paulo and Buenos Aires. ARBR utilizes the advanced technology of Xtera in order to meet the growing capacity requirements of Internet Content Providers on this crucial route. The ARBR system will allow for direct onward connectivity to New York, via Seaborn's Seabras-1 system, thereby providing a lower latency route between the commercial and financial centers of Buenos Aires, São Paulo, and New York.   

Cloud technologies are transforming how business is being done in Asia Pacific. With organizations across industries turning to cloud to cut costs, streamline operations and enhance services, the conversation among the region’s IT decision-makers has rapidly shifted from “why should I migrate?” to “how fast can I migrate?” This accelerating take-up follows a global trend: IDC estimates that customers will spend US$554 billion on cloud computing and related services in 2021, more than double the level of 2016.

This article is part two of the first article that looked closely at the subsea cable landscape across Africa. It concluded that nearly all the countries where economic progress and telecom liberalization is evidently gaining momentum are served by two or more subsea cables has created a vibrant landscape for Enterprise Network Services to flourish with a bouquet of connectivity options at competitive price for enterprise customers.

The first direct subsea -optic  system that will  SA to Brazil, and eventually to the US, is set for commercial launch in 2020, according to Seaborn Networks COO Andy Bax.

The independent submarine cable company, which operates the most direct subsea system between Brazil's Sao Paulo and New York in the US, last year announced plans to build a route that would be Africa's first direct connection to the US.

The first phase of the IOX (Indian Ocean Exchange) Submarine Cable system project, which will position Mauritius as a technology hub and significantly enhance the development of the country’s broadband infrastructure to support and drive the new digital economy, was launched on April 9th afternoon at the Le Labourdonnais Hotel Caudan Waterfront, in Port Louis.

Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Hong Kong), Ltd ("Telin Hong Kong"), a subsidiary of PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia International, ("Telin") has launched its most current Data Center called neuCentrIX HK-1 in Itech Tower 2, Hong Kong. The ceremony was remarked by the ribbon cutting done by Director of Carrier & International Business Telkom, Abdus Somad Arief and CEO Telin, Faizal R. Djoemadi on April 12th 2018.

In 1994, there were more telephone lines in New York City than there were in the whole of Africa. Over the next two decades, digital transformation picked up speed drastically.

Today, the continent is teeming with pioneers building "digital bridges" within and between villages, countries and continents, as well as connecting Africa to the global economy and research communities.

Yet many parts of Africa continue to play catch-up with the rest of the world in terms of the control and directness of subsea fibre optic connectivity.

According to IOX Cable, The first phase of the Indian Ocean Exchange (IOX) submarine cable system, connecting Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands to South Africa and India, has been officially launched in Port Louis. The IOX cable project launching ceremony was held at Labourdonnais Hotel, Caudan Waterfront on Monday.

San Francisco, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney, 4 April 2018 – A consortium including RTI Connectivity Pte. Ltd. (RTI-C), AARNet Pty Ltd (AARNet) and Google, together with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), and NEC Corporation, announced today that the construction of the Japan-Guam-Australia Cable System (JGA) has officially commenced. The 9,500-kilometer undersea fiber optic cable system will deliver a design capacity of more than 36 terabits per second (Tbps) and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019.

This is the 4th article to explore the fascinating world of subsea cables that continue to challenge the speed-limits of intercontinental optical transmission with newer advancements, greater programmability and volume production in optoelectronics along with more advanced optical fiber cables that maximize span of un-repeatered transmission. It can't be stressed more that the maze of subsea cables beneath the sea are fundamental to the global connectedness for every form of communication and the ubiquitous Internet for individuals, organizations and governments. With soaring demand primarily from content/cloud providers and new technology making economics attractive, new subsea cables will always be welcome. I started exploring the subsea cable landscape with a high level view of global picture, explored new trends with subsea cables and in the backdrop of 366 subsea cables and 1006 cable landing stations discussed - do we need more subsea cables. Thereafter I looked at the Indian market closely and explored the rapid developments unfolding with 20 subsea cables and 19 cable landing stations. Next I looked at continental Africa with 54 countries of which 37 countries has at least one submarine cable landing and explored the play of 24 primary subsea cables along and Eastern and Western Africa converging in South Africa that usher era of digital economy and the wider social upliftment to every country. In this article, I will take a closer look at the Middle East region that offers an interesting panorama of subsea cables and its regional uniqueness as tabulated below.

Eletronet, Brazil's national service provider, announced on Wednesday that it has selected Seaborn Networks and its international submarine fiber-optic cable system, Seabras-1, to provide Tier 1 Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) in Brazil. Seaborn's Seabras-1 solution also provides dedicated international capacity ensuring the most reliable customer experience while avoiding the problems associated with shared traffic that is often an issue for international IP in Brazil.

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