Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed on the key terms of a joint venture to build the “East to Med data Corridor“ (EMC) project, a submarine and terrestrial cable connecting Europe to Asia. The EMC project will be developed by MENA HUB, owned by STC of Saudi Arabia and the Greek Telecommunication Telephony Satellite Applications (TTSA). The Public Power Corporation of Greece (PPC) and the telecommunications provider of Cyprus CYTA will also have a share in the project.

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announced Wednesday the activation of  spectrum capacity on Monet submarine cable system connecting Brazil to the United States. With this addition, Sparkle enhances its regional backbone providing five diversified routes between North and South America.

Telstra announced Wednesday that it had completed the acquisition of Digicel Pacific Limited, for US$1.6 billion (A$2.4 billion), backed by the Australian Government. Telstra contributed just US$270 million of equity to the deal, with the Australian Government shelling out the remaining US$1.33 billion through cheap non-resource loans and “equity-like securities”. Despite its comparatively slim contribution to the buyout, Telstra owns 100% of Digicel Pacific.

NTT announced Tuesday the launch of a new joint venture, Seren Juno Network Co., Ltd. (“Seren”) which has been founded to construct and operate “JUNO”, the new and largest trans-Pacific submarine cable system. The JUNO cable system will provide a system capacity of 350Tbps over 20 fiber pairs.

Zayo announced today the launch of its new Zeus subsea route connecting the UK and continental Europe via access points in Lowestoft, UK and Zandvoort, Netherlands. Zayo engineered Zeus to be the most dense, deeply-buried and robust cable available in the North Sea, and the route includes terrestrial backhaul connectivity to London and Amsterdam.

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Farice and Far North Digital (FND) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint marketing and sales agreement for fibre optic connectivity between Japan and Iceland.  Farice’s new IRIS submarine cable will provide connectivity between Iceland and Ireland, and FND’s new Arctic cable spans between Japan and Ireland. The parties have agreed to develop a connectivity exchange at their shared landing site in Galway, Ireland.  Through the exchange, customers will be able to buy direct connectivity between Japan and Iceland, linking the third largest economy in the world and Iceland, which has 100% green and sustainable electricity. 

Southern Cross Cables Limited (“Southern Cross”) today announced the launch of its Southern Cross NEXT (“NEXT”) cable, along with the implementation and testing of 400GbE services across the 15,840km network.

On Monday, Sparkle inaugurated the construction site for new cables to landing in Genoa, where BlueMed cable system and other cables will land. BlueMed is an integral part of Google's Blue & Raman Submarine Cable System project. The infrstructure and the landing of new cables will bring the Ligurian city back to the centre of the Mediterranean.

According to Bangladeshi news agency The Daily Star, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company (BSCCL) released in a posting on the Dhaka Stock Exchange this week that the Board of Directors has approved the investment of $3.2 million (excluding VAT/Tax) to upgrade its SEA-ME-WE 4 capacity by 3,800 Gbps.

Paratus Group announced the landing of Equiano subsea cable in Swakopmund, Namibia on July 1^st, 2022. Paratus Group, together with Telecom Namibia, had been selected by Google to build the Swakopmund Cable Landing Station (Swakopmund CLS) for the Equiano subsea cable,  following the announcement in last February. Paratus Group acts as the landing party and completed the construction of the new Swakopmund Cable Landing Station in September last year.

PLDT announced to activate the transpacific Jupiter cable system by July, 2022. The Jupiter cable system has landed in the cable landing station in Daet, Camarines Norte, linking the Philippines to Japan and the United States. It will tripple PLDT's international capacity to 60Tbps.

According to Indonesian news agency Antara, Sarawak-based PP Telecommunication Sdn. Bhd. (PPTel) has completed the construction of the BaSIC Cable System, which began operating on June 1, 2022. PPTel has implemented the BaSIC Cable System in a partnership with Indonesian operator XL Axiata which acts as the landing partner for its landing in Batam.

Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, and Aqua Comms, a leading provider of global subsea connectivity services, announced today the signature of a crossing and landing agreement for the Europe Middle-East India Connect 1 (EMIC-1) subsea cable in Egypt.

Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC) completed the Pre-Lay Shore End (PLSE) for the Palau Cable 2 (PC2) project, landing the cable at the Ngardmau port on June 6th. The PC2 is a branch of the Echo subsea cable, being the second international subsea cable connection for Palau, with direct connections to Singapore and the mainland United States.