Category: Submarine Fiber Optic Cable
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Russian Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Connects the Kuril Islands
Rostelecom has accomplished the commissioning of the submarine fiber optic cables in the Pacific islands, known as the Kuril Islands. The new submarine connectivity with the mainland will provide high-speed broadband services to the chain of islands in the eastern Russian region. The 831-kilometer long fiber optic cable line had been laid between Russia’s offshore Sakhalin island and the chain…
FLY-LION III Lands in Mayotte
The consortium members of the FLY-LION III (Lower Indian Ocean Network) submarine cable system has completed the deployment of a new submarine fiber optic cable. The 400 km long new link owned by a consortium in which Orange is a partner, connects Moroni in Grande Comore and Mamoudzou in Mayotte. Apart from Orange, the consortium includes partners, Société Réunionnaise du…
GTD Selects Prysmian for Arica to Puerto Montt Submarine Cable
The Chilean telecommunication service provider GTD (Gtd Teleductos S.A, Grupo GTD) has selected Prysmian to supply the submarine cables for its project to connect Arica to Puerto Mont in Chile. The new contracts worth around €50 million have been secured through Prysmian Group’s submarine telecom division NSW. NSW became part of Prysmian Group after the acquisition of General Cable. The…
OPT Bags Order for Fiber Optic Mooring Products from Navy
The Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has bagged an order worth US$125,00 from the US Navy for the supply of fiber optic mooring products. OPT will develop a new fiber optic mooring system that will catch data from sensors deployed deep in the sea and provide to the vessels, satellites, and aircraft. Phase I of the contract between the US Navy…
NEC to Deploy Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Between Kagoshima and Okinawa
NEC will design, engineer, supply, deploy, test and commission a new submarine fiber optic cable system from Kagoshima to Okinawa. The end-user is Okinawa Celluar Telephone Company owned by au that offers mobile phone, domestic and international telecommunications, and internet services. The new submarine fiber optic cable system is designed to have a maximum transmission capacity is 80 Terabits per…
Construction Commences for the Maud Street Landing Station
Construction of the landing station for the Sunshine Coast Submarine Fiber Optic Cable System in Maud Street is progressing. The Sunshine Coast City Council had allocated a fund of US$4.67million for the cable landing station, which is the major land-based facility. The project cost for the Sunshine Coast International Broadband Submarine Cable network is calculated at US$24.8million. The City Council…