Teraco, Africa’s largest provider of interconnected data centre platforms, is now an integral connectivity and interconnection point for Google’s Equiano subsea cable.

Equiano starts in Europe and runs along the West Coast of Africa, between Lisbon in Portugal and Cape Town in South Africa, with branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity to additional African countries.

WIOCC, a leading provider of digital connectivity and infrastructure across Africa, is working with Ciena to become the first operator to activate a fiber pair on the new Equiano submarine cable system.

PEACE Cable International Network Co., Ltd announced the submarine cable installation of the PEACE Cable System has been completed. PEACE has enabled the connections to France, Egypt, Pakistan and Kenya, and all these segments have achieved final splicing.

A consortium of telecommunication companies has signed agreements to invest about US$300 million (SG$420.8 million) for the Asia Link Cable (ALC), a submarine cable system in Southeast Asia that aims to boost data capacity in the region and upgrade local capacities. HMN Tech was selected by the consortium as the turn-key system supplier.

Lumen Technologies (Lumen) and Colt Technology Services (Colt) announced Wednesday they have entered into an exclusive arrangement for the proposed sale of Lumen's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business to Colt for $1.8 billion. This represents a very attractive multiple (~11x) for Lumen EMEA business's estimated 2021 adjusted EBITDA.

Inligo Networks announced the addition of a branching connection from its Asia Connect Cable (ACC-1) into Davao in the Philippines. Inligo Networks has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PLDT Inc. (PLDT) which will serve the Cable Landing Station (CLS) requirements of the Davao branch.

The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat inaugurated Wednesday (Oct. 26, 2022), “Red2Med” new submarine cable of Telecom Egypt. He was accompanied by Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi and Telecom Egypt CEO and Managing Director Adel Hamed.

Mobily announced its investments in new submarine cables, terrestrial networks, data centers and internet exchange at the Capacity Europe 2022 Conference, which took place in London. The conference brought the carrier community together under one roof to discuss current and future partnerships, collaborative projects, and the transformation of the wholesale telecom ecosystem fueled by rapid digital transformation. Mobily was a Gold Sponsor at the event and announced and shared its infrastructure expansion initiatives with the carrier community.

An international consortium of companies formed a joint corporation to work towards development of a submarine fiber optic system connecting Asia and Europe through the Arctic. Far North Fiber, Inc., brings together Finland’s Cinia Oy, Alaska’s Far North Digital and Japan’s ARTERIA Networks Corporation. The team will promote a system that aims to realize a faster and more secure route directly connecting Japan, North America, and Ireland and Scandinavia.

PLDT Inc. announced Monday that they had started the initial phase of the construction of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) in Batangas. The ADC project is estimated to be completed by the end of 2023.

Meta announced Monday the arrival of the 2Africa submarine cable in Spain and the mooring of the cable in Sant Adrià de Besòs, east of Barcelona, in a partnership with AFR-IX telecom, the landing partner and the owner of the Barcelona Cable Landing Station (Barcelona CLS). 

The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially launched the 9,800-kilometre Oman-Australia Cable on Sunday, October 23, 2022. 

Ooredoo announced to connect Tunisia to Marseille via the PEACE subsea cable. The new cable system will support the diversification of Tunisia’s international connectivity, wholly owned and operated by Ooredoo Tunisiak, set to be operational in early 2024.

EllaLink announced Tuesday the development of a direct connection between Sines and the Lisbon Metro Area – the Olisipo submarine cable system, an unrepeatered 110km submarine cable, with 144 fiber pairs and an impressive total design capacity of 4.3 Petabits.

NEC Corporation (NEC) announced today that it has signed a charter contract with U.K.-based Global Marine Systems Limited for an optical submarine cable-laying ship for approximately four years. Through this contract, NEC will strengthen its provision of submarine cable systems and respond to expanding demand for submarine cables due to the increase in global data traffic.

Bangladesh government has issued three submarine cable licenses to Summit Communications, CdNet Communications and Metacore Subcom Ltd. Last bastion of state-owned monopoly in telecoms will fall once the private cables emerge from the Bay of Bengal. But tiptoeing the notoriously unassuming regulatory minefield at the shore will dictate their fate of Darwinian survival.