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Sense of security
4 July 2022
Keely Portway reviews some of the ways optical sensing has been used in communications for complementary applications
Seacom services go live on Equiano subsea cable
21 March 2023
In addition to improving connectivity in the countries in which it lands, the Equiano subsea cable is designed to have a positive economic impact in these countries.
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Google’s Equiano cable arrives in South Africa
9 August 2022
Google’s 144Tb/s, 12 fibre-pair subsea cable will have a direct impact on connectivity throughout the Southern Africa region.
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Researchers transform subsea cable into arrays of environmental sensors
19 May 2022
A team of scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have successfully demonstrated a new technique that can transform undersea power and telecom cables into arrays of environmental sensors.
New Google submarine cable to link Canada and Asia
12 April 2022
Google has launched its new Topaz subsea cable – the first to connect Asia and Canada.
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Sparkle partners with Google for two new subsea cables
30 July 2021
Sparkle is collaborating with a number of partners, including Google to build two new submarine cable systems.
800G transceivers to dominate mega data centre market, says LightCounting
21 July 2021
Industry research firm LightCounting has released its Mega Datacenter Optics Report for 2021.
Researchers use subsea cables to detect earthquakes
1 March 2021
A team of seismologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in partnership with optics experts at Google, have developed a method to use existing subsea cables to detect earthquakes.
Orange launches new subsea cable connecting France, US
21 January 2021
Orange is to build a new generation submarine cable connecting France to the United States.
Key developments of 2020
24 November 2020
Keely Portway counts down some of the most-viewed and industry-shaping news stories of 2020
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Virgin Media O2 has been laying the groundwork for full network automation in the future (credit: Virgin Media O2)
New tools and processes do more of the heavy lifting in managing networks to deliver seamless connectivity, but suppliers are still seeking the Holy Grail of full automation, finds Benjamin Skuse
The world is poised for 10-gigabit networks, and advances in DOCSIS 4.0 solutions could bring us closer to this reality, finds Alice Jensen
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A look at the market for optical transport equipment, including the vendors of some of the latest hardware products and solutions.
Abigail Williams looks at how European network developers are overcoming the challenges they face in expanding fibre deployments
Charlie Cassie highlights the latest recruitment trends that fibre network providers, owners and operators need to think about if they are looking to hire great telecoms talent
Colin Yates highlights the benefits of digital data capture for telecoms engineers, installers and other field-based professionals
