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Russia's state-controlled telco Rostelecom said one of its subsea cables in the Baltics has been damaged by “an external impact”. -
Software firm Windward has launched an AI-powered solution designed to monitor subsea cables, providing real-time monitoring alerts.
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Saudi telecom giant Mobily has successfully landed the Africa-1 submarine cable in Saudi Arabia, establishing new high-capacity links to Europe and Africa.
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Sparkle has signed an agreement with Cypriot integrated electronic communication provider Cyta to launch a cable landing in the country for the BlueMed subsea cable.
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The UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has urged European leaders to enhance cooperation on subsea cable security following multiple incidents of cable damage.
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An investigation into the ship that supposedly severed a subsea cable connecting Latvia to the Swedish island of Gotland was cut accidentally, authorities confirmed.
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du is the exclusive UAE partner for the PEACE subsea cable project, becoming the exclusive partner of the country’s landing point.
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UK lawmakers have launched an inquiry into subsea cable vulnerabilities, examining the country’s resilience in the event of potential disruption to internet infrastructure.
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A section of fibre optic cable that links Latvia to the Swedish island of Gotland has become the latest subsea system in the Baltics to be damaged.
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Subsea cable firm Subco will add technology from FiberSense to detect and identify disturbances in the upcoming SMAP subsea cable.
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Global Connect revealed it has joined a project to create a subsea cable connecting Northern Europe, East Asia and the US via the Arctic in what it described as one of the largest digital infrastructure projects in European history.
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Amazon is investigating the possibility of creating a transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable that would stretch from Ireland to the US East Coast.
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Sparkle has penned an agreement with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) to allow the research institute to see if its subsea fibre optic cables can help detect seismic events.
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TelCables Nigeria, a subsidiary of global ICT solutions provider Angola Cables, has announced the launch of a new Point of Presence (PoP) at the Lagos Rack Centre facility.
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Telxius has teamed up with Orange, and Setar to create a new high-capacity subsea cable in the Caribbean.
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Google broke ground on a new cable landing station in Fiji which will act as a hub to support international subsea cables that connect the island nation to the wider Pacific.
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Recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has sparked fears of sabotage, but experts urge caution before assigning blame.
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UK energy regulator Ofgem has greenlit five new subsea energy links in the North Sea.
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