Equinix, a digital infrastructure company, has announced an expanded relationship with Southern Cross Cables (Southern Cross) to provide a key US-based interconnectivity access point for the Southern Cross NEXT (SX NEXT) submarine cable system. SX NEXT will leverage Equinix’s next-generation cable landing station (CLS) architecture, enabling rapid provisioning and cost savings for the cable network provider.   […]

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced the launch of two new fully redundant terrestrial routes – Kenya to Ethiopia and Zambia to Malawi. This significant achievement will allow for greater efficiency and reliable regional connectivity, both key to the economic development of these countries. Spanning over […]

Start Campus, a company responsible for the development of 100% green energy ecosystems, has announced EXA Infrastructure (EXA), one of the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platforms connecting Europe and North America, has committed to invest in two new diverse and redundant terrestrial routes in Sines, Portugal. EXA’s strategic network expansion in Sines links Start Campus’s […]

Colt Technology Services (Colt), a digital infrastructure company, has announced the successful completion of the deployment of a new dark fibre (G.652D/G.657) cable along the Channel Tunnel connecting London, UK to Paris, France.  Colt’s new fibre network will provide businesses and organisations with faster, more reliable and uninterrupted data connectivity across borders. It will also support the growing […]

Aqua Comms, a leading provider of global subsea connectivity services, has announced its first live commercial 400 Gbps Ethernet (GE) Trans-Atlantic service from London to New York for Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), the high-performance network built to support scientific research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science and managed by the Lawrence Berkeley […]

Zayo Group Holdings, a leading global communications infrastructure provider, has announced its strategic partnership with Fermaca Networks, a leading provider of long-haul dark fibre infrastructure in Mexico. The partnership will provide the most modern and diverse connectivity between the US and Mexico.  Fermaca is set to launch a new long-haul dark fibre route in Mexico […]

STL, a leading optical and digital solutions company, has announced that it has developed its slimmest fibre yet – a 180 micron optical fibre. This fibre enables the smallest diameters in cables with the highest fibre densities. STL showcased a next-generation microcable with 288 fibres capable of being deployed in 8 mm ducts, at FTTH Conference 2023, in Madrid, Spain. STL […]

Describe your current job role and a summary of the business model of your organisation? Prem Rodrigues is the Director for the India, SAARC, Middle East, Africa region at Siemon, which is a global network infrastructure specialist. Prem’s role involves a close focus on profitability across the region and he is instrumental in spawning new […]

Vodafone Qatar has announced that, in collaboration with Nokia, it has powered Msheireb Smart City with cutting-edge fibre technology that delivers hyper speeds of up to 25 Gbps and will extend the collaboration to demonstrate speeds of up to 100 Gbps, using a Nokia Bell Labs prototype in the near future. With the roll-out of […]

Siemon, announced its new ultra-low-loss singlemode MTP cabling system exhibits considerable margin over IEEE 400 Gigabit channel limits as proven through third-party testing. Intertek Testing Services, a global leader in the testing, inspection, and certification of products, tested Siemon’s new singlemode ultra-low-loss MTP cabling system in IEEE 802.3bs 400GBASE-DR4 and IEEE 802.3cu 400GBASE-FR4 400 Gigabit […]