Subsea

SoftBank, Meta, and regional partners are building a new 8,000 km submarine cable system called Candle to link Japan and Singapore with landings in Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia....

Altibox Carrier and Ciena have demonstrated the world’s first 1.6 Tbps single-carrier wavelength transmission on a live subsea system. The trial ran error-free across the NO-UK cable between Norway and...

Multiple subsea fiber optic cables in the Red Sea suffered simultaneous cuts on September 6, 2025, disrupting global internet and communications traffic. The incident began at 05:45 UTC and has...

Sparkle expanded its European footprint this week with the launch of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Helsinki, Finland. The deployment at Digita Data Center marks Sparkle’s second Nordic...

Liberty Networks has launched the MAYA-1.2 subsea cable upgrade, doubling capacity for the Cayman Islands and strengthening regional digital infrastructure. The enhanced system, spanning 2,386 km, will deliver up to...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved new rules aimed at streamlining the deployment and securing the integrity of submarine cable systems that carry 99% of global internet traffic. The action,...

Nokia is powering PT Solusi Sinergi Digital Tbk (Surge) with subsea optical technology to boost connectivity between Indonesia and Singapore while extending affordable broadband to millions of households across the...

EllaLink has signed a contract with Mauritania’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Administrative Modernization (MTNMA) to build a new international subsea connection linking the country directly to Madrid, Spain. The...

Nokia has been selected by AFR-IX Telecom to provide optical transport solutions for the Medusa subsea cable system, a new open-access fiber infrastructure that will link multiple landing points across...

Sparkle and Algérie Télécom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new submarine cable directly linking Italy and Algeria. The deal, announced during the Italy-Algeria Business Forum in...

Sparkle has launched a second Point of Presence (PoP) in Thessaloniki, bolstering its infrastructure in northern Greece and reinforcing its strategic role in Balkan connectivity. This marks the company’s eighth...

The Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 (SJC2) submarine cable system has officially entered commercial service, marking a major milestone in Asia-Pacific connectivity. Spanning 10,500 kilometers, the high-capacity optical cable links Singapore,...

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr unveiled a proposal to boost U.S. investment in submarine cables while tightening security controls to prevent access by foreign adversaries, particularly China. The proposed rules, set...