BRUSA submarine cable achieves record network performance accomplishing 550 Gbps channel speeds across 10,200 kilometers. This corresponds to a total transmission capacity of 160 Terabits per second.

IPGP Will Use FLY-LION3 Fiber Optic Cable for Monitoring volcanic and Seismic Activities. Telecom service provider Orange and members of the FLY-LION3 consortium (Lower Indian Ocean Network) – the Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone and Comores Câbles – have announced the signing of an agreement with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) to provide the IPGP’s Mayotte volcano and earthquake monitoring network with a pair of optical fibers.

Orange has inaugurated its new office for the Middle East and Africa market, the Orange Middle East and Africa operational head office in Morocco. The new headquarters is located in Casablanca Finance City Tower (CFC) in the heart of Casablanca.

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, announces the expansion of its African backbone in the Nigerian market with a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Lagos, Nigeria.

Maxis Communications (Maxis Berhad) and Celcom Timur (Sabah) Sdn. Bhd. (CT Sabah) agrees to collaborate and expand the fiber footprint in the eastern Malaysia.

Indonesian Government authorities on Monday, 14 October 2019 announced the completion of its ambitious fiber optic project (Palapa Ring Project) to connect the under-developed regions of the country’s east, including the restive region of Papua.