788 results found for 'undersea cables'

788 results found for 'undersea cables'
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  • Digicel Leads Project to Deliver High-Capacity Submarine Cable to Haiti

    29 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Two years after Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the country is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of a US$16m 200km undersea cable which will link the country to the world via internet connectivity, thanks to Digicel. The project – which is being undertaken in conjunction with Columbus […]

  • Subsea Cables Between Taiwan’s Kinmen and China’s Xiamen to Enter Service by Year’s End

    25 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Co. announces that the two undersea cables between Taiwan’s Kinmen Island and China’s Xiamen City are expected to enter service by the end of this year, reports Taiwan News. Chunghwa Telecom stated that the fibre cables have been built on local exchange facilities from their two locations on the northwestern coast of […]

  • Transworld Associates and TE SubCom Plan to Upgrade TW1 Subsea Cable System (Pakistan)

    12 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

      Transworld Associates Ltd. , Pakistan’s first private submarine fiber optic cable operator, and TE SubCom a TE Connectivity company formerly known as Tyco Telecom and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced plans to upgrade the TW1 undersea cable system. TW1, which was constructed by SubCom and began operations in 2006, connects Pakistan, […]

  • RTE France Seeks Underwater Studies Contractors

    25 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    RTE France is seeking for contractors who will assist with project management for underwater studies, being a part of the marine component of connections to offshore wind farms from the government call offer No. 2 (Deux îles and Le Tréport). The company will: – provide project management; – provide technical support to RTE, both geophysical […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes UK-Ireland MoU on Wind Energy Export

    25 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    RenewableUK has welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on wind energy by the Energy Secretary Edward Davey and his Irish counterpart Pat Rabbitte. The MoU is the first step towards reaching a full inter-Governmental agreement on exporting clean electricity from onshore wind farms in Ireland to the UK via undersea cables by 2020. […]

  • SEA-ME-WE 5 Subsea Cable Lands in Oman

    20 June 2016
    Equipment

    Ooredoo has concluded the landing of the Southeast-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system in Oman. The cable was installed at the base station in Qalhat in the Governorate of Ash Sharqiyah South. The SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable has been designed with the upgradable 100Gbps technology, enabling an initial system capacity of 24Tbps per second […]

  • US and Nordic-Baltic partners agree to increase subsea infrastructure safety

    17 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norway, its Nordic-Baltic allies, and the U.S. have agreed to take steps to enhance the security of subsea infrastructure, including undersea cables and pipelines. This measure is part of a broader effort to lessen vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure and safeguard national and regional security.  “An important part of the measures we have now agreed on […]

  • USA: TE SubCom Demonstrates 100Gb/s-Based Transmission Over Trans-Atlantic Distances

    15 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced it has successfully demonstrated 100Gb/s coherent transmission over trans-Atlantic distances at ultra-high 10Tb/s total capacity on a single fiber. The test was completed using a prototype of the company’s new, first generation smarTEr C100 transceiver. “This significant customer demonstration […]

  • Terna investing over €1 billion in new subsea power link

    24 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Transition

    Italian transmission system operator Terna has begun the participatory design of the Adriatic Link, the new subsea power line which will connect Abruzzo and Le Marche. For the purpose of the porject Terna said it will invest over €1 billion, involving approximately 120 companies directly and through allied industries. The new interconnection, approximately 285 kilometres […]

  • RTE France Seeking Contractor for Underwater Studies

    25 October 2013

    RTE France is seeking contractors  who will assist with project management for underwater studies, being a part of the marine component of connections to offshore wind farms from the government call offer No. 2 (Deux îles and Le Tréport). The company will: provide project management; provide technical support to RTE, both geophysical and geotechnical; support […]

  • NTT Com Joins Other Companies in Asia Pacific Gateway Project

    21 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced that it joined numerous other telecommunications carriers in Asia in signing a contract for the construction and maintenance of the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), an undersea cable network that is scheduled to launch by June 2014 with a total design capacity of 54.8 terabit-per-second (Tbps). The contract will become […]

  • VIDEO: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Power Project

    10 November 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    Japan is speeding up with the development of its floating offshore wind projects, in an aim to move away from nuclear power and shift to renewables. Recently, a floating wind turbine of 2MW capacity started generating power near Nagasaki prefecture.  In Fukushima prefecture, a group of 11 companies, headed by Marubeni Corporation have installed a […]

  • Alcatel-Lucent to Keep Subsea Cables Business

    7 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Alcatel-Lucent is to continue to operate its undersea cables business, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), as a wholly-owned subsidiary. According to the company, ASN will continue to execute its strategic roadmap, strengthen its position in submarine cable systems for telecom applications and pursue further diversification into the Oil & Gas sector. ASN has more than 575,000 km of […]

  • Zambia’s Zamtel Connects to Two Sumbarine Cables

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Zamtel, Zambia’s only total telecom solution service provider, has completed its connection to two submarine cables, the West Africa Cable System (WACS) and Sat-3, through Telecom Namibia. According to PC Advisor, Zamtel now has the capabilities to deliver 600Mbps of Internet to its customers. The Zamtel fiber network runs from Solwezi, Ndola, Lusaka, Livingstone […]

  • Radius and Cyta Announce Start of POSEIDON Project Offshore Cyprus

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Radius Oceanic Communications, Inc. (Radius) and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) announces the commencement of the POSEIDON project. POSEIDON is a high capacity undersea cable system that will provide advanced telecommunications facilities to the offshore oil and gas industry in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The POSEIDON system will extend for some 800 km from two […]

  • Jio Sees Launch of Bay of Bengal Gateway Subsea Link

    20 April 2016
    Equipment

    A new, 8,100 km long submarine cable, the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG), has been launched, Reliance Jio informed. BBG provides direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia. Reliance Jio owns and operates the undersea cable landing facility in Chennai which provides India with connection to the rest of the […]

  • RenewableUK Hails Historic Wind Energy Agreement

    24 January 2013
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    RenewableUK has welcomed today’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on wind energy by the Energy Secretary Edward Davey and his Irish counterpart Pat Rabbitte. The MoU is the first step towards reaching a full inter-Governmental agreement on exporting clean electricity from onshore wind farms in Ireland to the UK via undersea cables by 2020. […]

  • USA: Detyens Shipyard Gets Cable Layer Repair Contract

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Detyens Shipyard Inc, based in North Charleston, is being awarded a $13,017,486 firm-fixed-price contract for a 120-calendar day regular overhaul and dry-docking of Military Sealift Command cable laying/repair ship the USNS Zeus. The ship’s primary mission is to install and repair undersea cable systems. This availability is primarily for alteration work on the main propulsion […]

  • Germany: Unexploded Bombs Pose Threat to Offshore Wind Farms

    8 November 2012

    Old munitions from the Second World War are polluting the German coast thus posing a threat to the offshore wind farm developers, writes DW. “There are some one point 6 million tons of munitions in German seas,” according to Bernd Scherer, who is responsible for marine protection at the Schleswig-Holstein’s Environment Ministry. After the war […]

  • TE SubCom Increases Cable Manufacturing Capacity

    13 January 2016
    Research & Development

    TE SubCom has increased capacity throughput of cable manufacturing at its wet plant factory by 50 percent. In addition, the company has expanded its marine fleet capability to include a sixth 3-meter plow, providing 3-meter burial tools across the entire construction fleet. SubCom achieved a 50 percent increase in capacity throughput through an upgrade to […]

  • Superloop Snaps Up SubPartners

    6 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Asia Pacific fibre networks operator Superloop has acquired all the issued shares of SubPartners for $2.5 million. SubPartners was established to develop international cable systems capable of providing connectivity between Australia and the rest of the world. The acquisition of SubPartners should deliver Superloop strategic assets including ownership of international submarine cable capacity as a member […]

  • All Set for Moyle Interconnector Repair

    5 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The vessel Elektron is being mobilised to carry out emergency repair work on the southern Moyle Interconnector power cable in the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. This work is scheduled to begin on the May 6, 2017, with cable repair work carried out in two campaigns. The first campaign will involve precise location of […]

  • Cinia Links Finland and Germany

    12 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Finland’s Cinia Group informed that the laying project of the Cinia C-Lion1 cable system is now completed as the cable reached its destination in Rostock, Germany. Started in Helsinki on October 12, 2015, the project took three months. According to the company , the new connection is planned to be commercially available during spring 2016, following a […]

  • Gallery: bioWAVE deployment process

    18 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    BioPower Systems, an Australian wave energy developer, completed the installation of its bioWAVE unit this week as part of Port Fairy Wave Energy Project.

  • TE SubCom Launches Network Operations Center Solution

    19 September 2017
    Research & Development

    TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has launched a new global network operations center (NOC) solution designed to provide cable operators with a single source for fault, configuration, alarm, performance, security and maintenance network management. SubCom’s primary and secondary NOC solutions are vendor-neutral and able to conform to customer requirements, integrating seamlessly into operational flow, the […]