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 say that Telenor’s competitor in Myanmar, the Qatar-based Ooredoo has lesser than 500,000 subscribers. Both Telenor and Ooredoo have been strengthening their networks by installing fiber optic cables across the country. Myanmar started witnessing large scale fiber optic deployments ever since the country opened its…

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has demanded that bigger operators share their fiber optic networks with other players in an attempt to provide a 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…