By Xtera Columbus Networks, the leading wholesale communications service provider in the region, and Xtera Communications, Inc. (Xtera), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that Columbus Networks is the first to bring 100G to the Pan-American Caribbean region by adding 100G to its existing high-capacity optical network in Panama. Columbus Networks [...]
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SubOptic 2013 Sponsorship, Exhibition Booths and Hospitality Rooms Now Available
By SubOptic SubOptic 2013 Sponsorship, Exhibition Booths and Hospitality Rooms Now Available The brochure and application form detailing the above information is now available to download from this website. Further information can be obtained from our Event Managers at suboptic2013@le-public-systeme.fr Suboptic conferences regularly attract a large number of attendees. Our last event, held in Yokohama in 2010, attracted over 700 attendees, [...]
New fibre-optic cable to benefit SKA project
By Engineering News About 70% of Broadband Infraco’s own capacity on the cable, which went live on Friday, would be directed to key scientific projects of national interest. The remaining 30% capacity would support other government projects that required international capacity, as well as commercial availability for smaller players in the industry.State-owned telecommunications group Broadband [...]
MTN, Vodacom consortium launches west Africa undersea cable
By Total Telecom South Africa’s MTN Group Ltd. said Friday’s launch of a submarine cable running from Cape Town to London will significantly increase broadband capacity along the western coast of Africa. Construction of the cable, known as the West Africa Cable System, started in 2009 and was jointly paid for by a consortium that [...]
Alcatel-Lucent wins contract to lay Tonga fibre-optic submarine cable
By Matangi Tonga Online Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network of France won the contract to lay a submarine fibre-optic cable system from Fiji to Tonga, which is expected to be in service by June 2013. The contract was signed this afternoon by Robert Bolouri the Interim Managing Director of Tonga Cable Ltd and Michel Bouvard the Vice [...]
Africa: Continent Calls for Harmonised Policies on Submarine Cables
By All Africa Officials in charge of ICT from all over Africa have called for harmonised guidelines on how to access submarine cables that are anchored in various countries. They made the remarks Monday at the opening of a workshop held in Kigali. The guidelines were developed by several organisations in conjunction with the International [...]





