Aside from speaking with the cable owners and operators at Submarine Networks World 2017, we also spoke with Greg Laverty, Director of Economic Development and Major Projects at the Sunshine Coast Regional Council in Australia. He spoke with us about their efforts to attract cable systems to land in Southern Queensland, a venture which has the backing of a wide …
Spotlight On: Zenzu Submarine
Every industry needs its market disruptors, and that of submarine cables is no different. In this case it is Zenzu Submarine who bring to the table a new and very interesting proposition for how cable projects of the future may be coordinated and managed. Zenzu, headed up by the former Googler, Erikas Napjus, present themselves as pioneers of a new …
Island hopping with PT TELIN
P.T Telekommunikasi International (TELIN), the Indonesian Telecom operator, is now busy developing the Indonesia Global Gateway (IGG), a trans-archipelago cable that will traverse an east-west path linking the islands of Sumatra, Batam, Borneo, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and also Singapore. Once completed in early-2018 the cable system will not only enhance connectivity amongst the major cities of Indonesia, but will also …
Cables for a changing tomorrow
At Submarine Networks World 2017 earlier this year, we brought together a group of esteemed panellists to discuss the future of industry and where its headed in the next 5 years. Moderated by DRGUC’s Elaine Stafford, the panel touched on new builds, network design and technologies, new players and who will finance the new projects going forward. Some key highlights from …
Ultra-low latency in the Atlantic with Seaborn Networks
The hurricanes that battered the Caribbean and US East Coast over the late summer caused no damage to Seaborn Networks’ recently completed Seabras-1 cable.But then Seaborn’s express route was never designed to be a littoral type cable with multiple landing spots along the way. The Seabras-1 cable was designed deliberately to bypass the Caribbean islands, and instead offer ultra-low latency …