Latest Submarine communications cable Stories
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online As more of our digital lives move into the cloud, it’s easy to forget that what we know as the Internet is still quite dependent on physical objects, such as cables and servers. So while some hackers are focused on breaking into foreign networks using the Internet as a vehicle, three men decided to go straight to the source this week. Donning Scuba gear, three divers swam to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near the city of...
The DDC is the first and only data center facility in East Africa to provide direct fiber access to five undersea cable systems connecting Europe, the Middle East, and Asia markets with Africa. MTN selects DDC for collocation and undersea fiber cable head cross connect services in support of network expansion in Africa. United Arab Emirates, Dubai (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 The Djibouti Data Center (DDC) has announced today at the Capacity Middle East Conference the launch of its commercial...
NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon enterprise customers can begin taking advantage of the newly activated Europe India Gateway cable. The $700 million high-capacity fiber-optic cable, one of the most advanced submarine cable systems in the world, will provide multinational customers additional diversity and capacity to meet their critical communications needs. Verizon joined 15 other international communications leaders, which constitute the EIG Consortium, and formally...
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The 20,000-km SEA-ME-WE4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe) undersea cable system is the longest submarine cable system to deploy 40 Gbps technology, the highest wavelength capacity currently available on undersea cable systems. The increased capacity will help meet the growing demand for additional bandwidth in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and European regions as well as locations in between. The additional capacity on SEA-ME-WE4 allows...
A new survey is urging investors to create a worldwide backup for the network of underwater cables that are currently the backbone for nearly all online traffic and financial transactions.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) provided an executive summary of their report to the Reuters news agency on Tuesday. According to lead author Karl Rauscher, an alternate network infrastructure needs to be made in the case of an outage "before we have to learn the hard...
PARIS, March 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Dedicated Cable Laying Ship has Been Lengthened by 12.5 Metres to Increase its Cable Handling Capabilities Nexans, global leader in cables and cabling solutions, has further extended the subsea cable laying capabilities of the C/S Nexans Skagerrak, already one of the world's most advanced cable ships, following the successful completion of a major conversion and upgrading project. It will put to sea shortly from the Cammell Laird...
In a technological advance that its developers are likening to the cell phone and wireless Internet access, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists and engineers have devised an undersea optical communications system that"”complemented by acoustics"”enables a virtual revolution in high-speed undersea data collection and transmission.Along with the "transfer [of] real-time video from un-tethered [submerged] vehicles" up to support vessels on the surface, "this combination of...
Underwater Communication Network May Sense TsunamisTsunamis send electric signals through the ocean that appear to be sensed by the vast network of communication cables on the seabed, according to a new study led by Manoj Nair of the University of Colorado and NOAA.Nair and his colleagues used computer models to estimate the size of an electric field created by the force of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as it traveled over major submarine cables. Salty seawater, a good conductor of...
NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Insulated Wire And Cable - A Global Market Perspective http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164519/Insulated-Wire-And-Cable---A-Global-Market-Perspective.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=prnewswire Information processing and communications, two of the largest markets, are expected to foster growth in the world insulated wire and cable market....
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that Verizon Business has circled the globe with optical undersea meshing, the company is extending this technology to the Middle East. Undersea meshing creates additional paths to seamlessly reroute traffic in the event of multiple undersea cable breaks or network disruptions. Verizon Business was the first service provider to offer seven-way diversity for services traversing cable systems in the Atlantic and Pacific. The meshing is made...
