SAEx, the East Subsea Fibre-Optic Cable Project, which aims to connect South Africa with Singapore and that has reportedly been in development for more than a decade, seems to be back on track after a major investment.
Philippine fibre broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions says it is collaborating with Ribbon Communications to boost the capacity of its fibre backbone to terabit levels using Ribbon’s Apollo optical networking system.
There’s been a flurry of submarine cable deals in Iraq recently, including two contracts announced this week, one with Batelco and the other involving a company called Breeze Investments.
Will Brazilian neutral network and digital infrastructure company V.tal take over financially troubled operator Oi Brasil’s fibre broadband base, ClientCo? Having last week made the sole bid for Oi’s fibre unit it’s looking very likely that it will.
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