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Undersea cables stories - Page 4

Submarine communications cables provide essential links between countries and continents, carrying telecommunications signals across oceans and seas. Undersea cables are of particular significance in New Zealand, providing the primary internet links to the world via Australia and the United States. While protected by multiple layers keeping the salt and pressure of the ocean out, the core of every undersea cable is an optic fibre no thicker than a human hair.
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Hawaiki opens new subsea route to the US with direct access to LA
Tue, 25th Jun 2019
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Hawaiki has unveiled a new subsea route to Los Angeles, enhancing connectivity between Australia, New Zealand, and the US with ultra-low latency paths.
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Infinera and SIAE MICROELETTRONICA complete 500G single-wavelength connectivity trial
Tue, 11th Jun 2019
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Infinera and SIAE MICROELETTRONICA achieve successful SDN-enabled service orchestration in trial with Tier 1 mobile operator.
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Trustpower selects Hawaiki as key connectivity partner
Wed, 15th May 2019
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Trustpower partners with Hawaiki for enhanced connectivity, securing significant capacity on the transpacific cable system to meet growing data demands.
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Hawaiki expands US point-of-presence to Seattle
Wed, 10th Apr 2019
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Hawaiki extends its US reach with a new point of presence in Seattle's Westin Building Exchange, boosting connectivity for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Infinera launches new ‘disruptive’ network architecture
Wed, 20th Feb 2019
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Infinera unveils ‘The Infinite Network,’ promising instantly scalable, self-optimizing networks that adapt to users' needs through next-gen technology.
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NEC to build submarine cable connecting Japan prefectures
Tue, 19th Feb 2019
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NEC has secured a contract to build a 760 km submarine cable connecting Okinawa and Kagoshima, enhancing Japan's disaster resilience and communication capacity.
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Sunshine Coast submarine cable landing station underway
Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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The submarine cable will help deliver the fastest data and telecoms connection to Asia from the east coast of Australia.
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Tongan fibre-optic cable outage relieved by satellite
Thu, 24th Jan 2019
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Recently Tonga suffered an outage in the submarine cable network that connects the island nation to the outside world.
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Telstra partnerships boost subsea cable infrastructure
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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Telstra’s customers across Asia Pacific will soon be able to take advantage of major major boosts to Telstra’s network services and subsea cables.
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Upgrade to Australia-Japan submarine cable system with Infinera Subsea Solution
Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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AJC tripled capacity on its 12,700-kilometer subsea cable system by upgrading their Infinera DTN-X network with Infinera’s fourth generation optical engine.
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NEXTDC partnering with Superloop to bring Asia and AU closer
Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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NEXTDC’s customers will be among the first to take advantage of APAC’s shortest submarine cable route between Sydney and Singapore.
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Singapore to Australia subsea cable lands in Sydney
Mon, 29th Oct 2018
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This will be Australia’s first ever direct optical path from Sydney to Singapore, passing through Indonesia on the way.
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New partnership for cable connecting Asia, Africa & Europe
Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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Orange and PCCW Global are confident the cable will substantially reduce network latency between the world's three most populated continents.
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Hawaiki cable accelerates NZ/US collaboration
Fri, 19th Oct 2018
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The REANNZ Hawaiki cable capacity has successfully transferred 37 million files across the Pacific Ocean, revealing massive potential.
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Google & Orange team up on new submarine cable connecting EU & US
Fri, 12th Oct 2018
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Google's new cable connecting the US to the French Atlantic coast will be first for more than 15 years, and Orange will be the landing partner.
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SJC subsea cable finds home in HKCOLO.NET’s Hong Kong data centre
Thu, 27th Sep 2018
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The cable itself spans a colossal 8,900 kilometres and connects seven countries and territories in South-East Asia.
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Hawaiki cable connecting the US and the Pacific gets turbo boost
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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The Hawaiki subsea cable, linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and the US, will boost speed to 67 terabits per second with Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme.
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Subsea cable linking SG and AU lands at Perth – just 6,800km to go
Wed, 19th Sep 2018
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A number of heavyweights are behind the cable linking Australia to Southeast Asia, including Google, Singtel, Telstra, and AARNet.
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Flexenclosure strengthens stranglehold on Pacific market
Tue, 18th Sep 2018
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The edge computing and cable landing company has received orders in two new Pacific countries, bringing the total to five in the last 18 months.
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Open for business: 4,600km cable connecting AU & SG goes live
Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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It's taken months of gruelling work and no shortage of investment, but the ASC is now live to present huge opportunities in APAC.