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The Bay Of Bengal Gateway Subsea Cable – A Hidden Gem
Prior to Equiano and 2Africa, the African continent was arguably one of the most difficult places to do telecom wholesale. But India is catching up. The African continent has two open cable systems whereas India has none. Although LightStorm‘s mission is to create and operate carrier neutral cable landing stations in India, I am not…
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Google’s New Umoja Cable: Linking Africa To Australia
Google has been a path breaker in the submarine cable world. It financed the first spatial division multiplexing cable across the Atlantic, namely the 12 fibre pair Dunant system. It is also the owner of the new 16 pair Topaz system which directly links Canada to Asia and bypasses the US. Not to mention the billion…
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Singapore/Marseille Route Bypass Of Red Sea And Egypt: Part 1
I’ve seen a lot of interest in routes bypassing the Red Sea and Egypt. Not surprising given the triple whammy of AAE1, EIG, and Seacom/Tata outages lasting over four months. It is possible to devise end-to-end Frankfurt/Singapore and Marseille/Singapore bypass routes by using subsea cables that connect Mumbai or Oman to Singapore. That part is…
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Subsea Cables RFS 2025 – 2Africa – Part 1
The 2Africa cable is one of the most ambitious and important subsea projects ever undertaken. It spans a record 45,000 kilometers or 28,000 US miles. As the map shows, it extends from Mumbai to London with European landings, completely encircles Africa, and provides dense Middle Eastern coverage. 2Africa has a record 46 landings which enables…
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Amazon’s First Trans-Atlantic Cable: USA/Ireland
Amazon Ireland has applied for a maritime usage license to land a planned subsea fibre optic cable connecting Ireland to the United States. It is considering landing near Castlefreke on Ireland’s South Coast in County Cork along a stretch of beach called the Strand. Amazon has made no public announcement so far. Here is the…
