The 6,000 kilometers long submarine fiber optic cable network system, Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS) connecting Florida in United States and The Ecuador has entered into commercial service. Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), the undersea cables subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has completed the commissioning of the undersea cable linking Florida, in the United States, to Ecuador. The network is installed to address…

Thailand based broadband Internet company Benchachinda Group is part of a consortium to deploy fiber optic cables in Rangoon, reports local newspapers in Thailand. Benchachinda is a joint venture partner of Telenor to form DTAC in Thailand. Telenor is now one of the leading telecom service providers in Myanmar expanding fiber optic networks rapidly to many cities and villages. Benchachinda…

Norway based telecommunications operator Telenor says its subscriber base in Myanmar has crossed 10 million. Sources says that Telenor’s competitor in Myanmar, the Qatar based Ooredoo has lesser than 500,000 subscribers. Both Telenor and Ooredoo has been strengthening their networks by installing fiber optic cables across the country. Myanmar started witnessing large scale fiber optic deployments ever since the country…

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has demanded that bigger operators to share their fiber optic networks to other players in an attempt to provide fair platform for all providers. With this decision to open up the networks for all, the regulator says that competition is important, that they can not afford to duplicate networks in Canada. The CRTC is making…

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global and Chinese Optical Fiber Perform Industry Report, 2014-2017” that would be helpful to the optical fiber preform manufacturers, fiber manufacturers and industry analysts throughout the world. Optical preform is the raw material for optical fibers. Optical preforms that are used for drawing optical fibers used in telecommunications are silica glass…

Connecting Crimea with the latest fiber optic cable networks is getting priority for the Russian authorities. After annexing Crimea from Ukraine, the Russian government has decided to construct an underwater fiber optic communication line through the Kerch Strait to the Crimean Peninsula. The fiber optic line route will run from the Taman Peninsula, the government reported. With a population of…