Tianjin, China – Sep. 27, 2021 – HMN Tech announced today that after considerable research and development it has completed a 32 fibre pair optical amplifier (repeater) prototype. This next-generation submarine product will achieve capacity transmission at a petabit-level, aligning with the rising demand for increased fibre count or SDM systems and the on-going requirements for greater SLTE transmission capabilities. Commercial release of a fully qualified product is targeted for 2022.

Oslo, Norway – September 8, 2021 — Bulk Fiber Networks is the Nordics’ leading provider of ultra-scalable, highly connected, sustainable digital infrastructure and fiber networks, announced the start of installation for the HAVSIL submarine cable express route between Kristiansand, Norway, and Hanstholm, Denmark.

According to Telxius, Google's Grace Hopper submarine cable connecting the United States with the United Kingdom and Spain has landed at Telxius' Sopelana cable landing station in Bilbao and will be connected to the Derio Communications Hub, also located near Bilbao and operated by Telxius/Telefonica.

According to HMN Tech, the world’s first 16-fibre-pair repeatered submarine cable system, Hainan to Hong Kong Express (H2HE) cable system has successfully completed system commissioning and testing and is now ready for service as of September 3, 2021.

According to news of the Australian Federal Police(AFP), the AFP has charged the 59-year-old Master of container ship Maersk Surabaya, which allegedly damaged the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) off the West Australian coast – in what is believed to be the first prosecution by the AFP for the alleged offence.

NTT Ltd. announced on Monday that it is forming a cable consortium with four other parties. The consortium will lead the construction and maintenance of the APRICOT large-capacity unique-routed optical submarine cable within Asian countries and the U.S.. 

According to stc, the 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced on Monday the addition of a new branch to the 2Africa cable. The branch will extend 2Africa’s connectivity in to The Gulf region. The Gulf branch has been named 2Africa Pearls. 2Africa cable system will connect 46 cable landing stations in 33 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. This extension will bring the total length of the 2Africa cable system to over 45,000 kilometers, making it the longest subsea cable system ever deployed in the world.

The 2Africa consortium announced the addition of four new branches to the 2Africa cable. The branches will extend 2Africa’s connectivity to the Seychelles, the Comoros Islands, and Angola, and bring a new landing to south-east Nigeria. So far, the 2Africa cable will have 35 landing points in 26 countries, being the largest subsea cable project in the world.

Vocus announced that it will deliver the first international submarine cable connection into Darwin, establishing the Northern Territory capital as Australia’s newest entry point for international data connectivity.

Google, Facebook and PLDT announced respectively today to build the Apricot subsea cable system, connecting Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.

At a press conference in Moscow arranged by the state-affiliated news agency TASS and Morflot, the Federal agency on Sea and River Transport under the Ministry of Transportation of Russia, Russia unviled its plan to build the Polar Express subsea cable, a 12,650km subsea cable along Russia’s entire Arctic coastline, from Murmansk to Vladivostok, with 6 fiber pairs and system capacity up to 104 Tbps.

According to Infinera, Telecom Italia Sparkle has selected Infinera’s ICE6 800G-capable coherent technology to enhance its new Mediterranean and European Optical Backbone, Nibble. Deploying Infinera’s ICE6 solution will enable Sparkle to launch new 400 GbE services over its existing infrastructure while boosting its network capacity by up to 54%, as demonstrated in a recent trial on two of Sparkle’s major routes in Italy.

According to Telxius, the 7,300-km Mistral cable system has been ready for service as of August 10, 2021. The Mistral cable system is also known as the South Pacific Submarine Cable (SPSC), connecting Puerto San Jose (Guatemala) with Valparaiso (Chile), with additional landing points in Salinas (Ecuador), Lurin (Peru) and Arica (Chile).

TPG Telecom and Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced a major technology upgrade of PPC-1 submarine cable connecting Australia and Guam to significantly boost cable capacity from 8 Tbps currently to 12 Tbps, and improve reliability leveraging Infinera’s ICE6 800G solution.

Google announced today to build Blue and Raman cable systems, in collaboration with Sparkle and others. Sparkle also announced the collaboration with Google. Further more, Sparkle revealed that its private BlueMed cable system shares fiber pairs in the Blue cable system. Sparkle’s BlueMed further extends by sharing the wet components of the Blue system and adding new branches in the Mediterranean.

In a blog post today by Bikash Koley, VP and Head of Google Global Networking and Head of Technology and Strategy, Google Cloud for Telecommunications, Google officially announced the contruction of Blue and Raman cable systems,  the Blue Submarine Cable System connecting Italy, France, Greece, and Israel, and the Raman Submarine Cable System connecting Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman and India.