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A historical perspective on Perth’s submarine cables — and what happens next

Telco Analyst
August 23, 2026
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In August 2021, the Australia–Singapore Cable was damaged off Perth after the container ship Maersk Surabaya allegedly dragged its anchor through the protection zone.

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Are Australia’s submarine cable systems being landed in the best place to prevent damage?

Telco Analyst
August 10, 2026
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What appears to have kept Australia’s cables relatively safe in practice, then, is not primarily active enforcement of the zones but redundancy and self-interest elsewhere in the system.

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NTT, SK Group bet $500M on photonics to solve AI power drain

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June 11, 2026
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NTT, SK Group, and Chunghwa Telecom have pooled $500 million into a fund for AI infrastructure built on the IOWN photonics architecture. The vehicle – IOWN AI Fund, managed by the newly-incorporated IOWN Global Capital – channels capital toward compani…