Edge Cable Holdings USA, LLC , a subsidiary of Facebook, and GU Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Google, have jointly applied to the FCC for a license to land and operate the Echo Cable System, a private fiber-optic submarine cable system connecting the United States, Singapore, and Indonesia.

According to the application document, key features of the Echo Cable System are sumarized belows.

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) saw their network reach new heights last week as they tipped over the 6Tbps mark.

LINX provide global interconnection services for networks, allowing them to meet other key networks and ‘peer’ their Internet traffic in a secure environment. This considerably increases network control and redundancy as well as reducing network latency.

Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation’s (Keppel T&T) announced its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Midgard Holdings Pte. Ltd. (KMH) has been granted a Facilities-Based Operator (FBO) licence by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA). The FBO licence will allow KMH to own, maintain and operate telecoms infrastructure in Singapore and to provide telecommunications services in connection with the Bifrost Cable System.

DUBLIN – 1st April 2021 –  Aqua Comms DAC (“Aqua Comms”), the owner and operator of America Europe Connect-1 (AEC-1), America Europe Connect-2 (AEC-2) and CeltixConnect-1 (CC-1) today announced that it has been acquired by digital investment trust Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC (“D9”).

According to Djibouti Telecom, the DARE-1 cable connecting Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya has been in service since early February 2021. The DARE-1 cable spans about 4,900 km, equipped with the latest generation of optical fiber for a total system capacity of 36Tbps on three fiber pairs.