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An International Forum for the Expression of Ideas and Opinions ISSN 1948-3031 #47 Defense & Nontraditional Cable Systems N o ve 09 mber 20 IN THIS ISSUE: Revisiting Blind Man’s Bluff: Inside Operation Ivy Bells An international forum for the expression of ideas and opinions pertaining to the submarine telecoms industry Welcome to the 47th edition industry that helped transform and SubTel Forum is an imperfect medium, of Submarine Telecoms Forum, our shape the world’s past. and we have surely made our share of Defense & Nontraditional Cable mistakes; but we continue to hope that Systems issue. It seems fitting to me that in this week in the long run we have helped our when we celebrate both the end of the industry in some small way. Though I have a piece of The Wall held in plastic “War to end all Wars” and the felling our faces may change, our goals remain. atop the bookshelf next to my desk. of the Berlin Wall, that we can also Happy Anniversary (whichever one It sits above my terra cotta Jaguar (a celebrate in a much less nobler fashion you choose to celebrate). model), and both remind me daily of the 8th anniversary of SubTel Forum. the benefactor, the co-founder of this rag we fondly called SubTel Forum. I When Ted and I established our also have a small clockwork tin toy little magazine, we did so with two that reminds me of my schoolboy visit key principles from the outset. We to Moscow and Leningrad during the promised then, and annually I reaffirm Brezhnev years – a very different world to you, our readers: from the one today. 1. That we will provide a wide range of ideas and issues; In their simplicity these objects 2. That we will seek to incite, symbolize different ingredients of entertain and provoke in a positive a personal and business life in an manner. 2 #47 Defense & Nontraditional 27 atlantic-cable.com Cable Systems 16 Global Marine Systems N ov 9 22 Nexans em 200 ber 5 OFS 8 RSS 44 STF Cable Map 28 STF Calendar 38 STF Podcast 34 SubOptic 2010 4 WFN Strategies 2 Exordium Wayne Nielsen 23 Left hand? Right hand? Oops… 45 What is the comprehensive Bill Burns nuclear test ban treaty? 5 News Now 29 What Global Recession? SubOptic 48 The Cableships 10 Letters to the Editor 2010 Abstract Submissions Reflect a Positive Industry Colin Anderson 49 Letter to a Friend Jean Devos Revisiting Blind Man’s Bluff: 11 SubOptic Interim Activities Inside Operation Ivy Bells 35 50 Upcoming Conferences Working Group light the way Sherry Sontag to a standardised construction contract Keith Schofield 51 Coda Kevin G. Summers 17 Development of an Autonomous Undersea System for Cable News from NEPTUNE Canada Detection, Tracking and 39 Steve Lentz and Peter Phibbs Inspection Dr. Ted R. Clem, Mr. Hugh Thomson, Mr. Jeffrey Hoel 43 Back Reflection Stewart Ash 3 4 A synopsis of current news items from NewsNow, the weekly news feed available on the Submarine Telecoms Forum website. November 11th, 2009 November 5th, 2009 x Nexans wins a 6 million Euros ice-resistant cable x Khulna to Chennai Selected for Second x Delivery of Presentation on Ocean Observations contract from Sevmash to equip an oil production Bangladesh Cable Route and Response to Cyclone Gonu (Gulf of Oman and platform in the Barents Sea x AAG Goes Live – A New Traffic Route Direct To USA Arabian Sea) October 30th, 2009 November 10th, 2009 x LION Operational in Madagascar x Cuban Government Denies Contact With US Firms About Submarine Cable Development x AccessKenya Group breaks Year End Customer November 4th, 2009 Numbers Target Two Months Early; Customer x Project Kelvin To Go Live In March x NTT Communications Corporation Completes Acquisition of Pacific Crossing Limited acquisition numbers reinforce the enormous November 3rd, 2009 growth potential for high quality data services October 29th, 2009 x SubOptic 2010 – Early Bird Registration has now x TM Joins Global Crossing Partner Program To opened x Submarine Cables Criticized in Rwanda Extend Its Reach In Europe And The Americas x Interoute boosts capacity of the European x $215 Million Central Africa Backbone Program x Globacom Awarded Cote d’Ivoire License internet by 9.5 Terabits Will Bring Low Cost, High Speed Internet to the Region x Hibernia Atlantic Extends Its Global Financial x E-Marine Confirms its Regional Leadership By Network (Gfn) Into Two Equinix Data Centers Securing another Submarine Cable Maintenance October 28th, 2009 November 9th, 2009 Linking the UAE with East Africa x EAC Releases Statement on East African Regional x Deal Signed for Iraq Cable Landing November 2nd, 2009 Fiber Backbone November 6th, 2009 x Pacnet’s EAC Pacific to Further Enhance October 27th, 2009 x AAG Goes Live on 10 November Connectivity between Asia and North America x MTN Nigeria Joins WACS x Gateway Communications Awarded NFP Licence x Unity Trans-Pacific Cable Lands in Japan x SCT launches public consultation for dark fiber in Kenya x Landlocked African Nations Looking to EASSy For auction Connectivity 5 x Columbus III Consortium and Xtera x OMM provide GAS with ROV services for Saipem October 13th, 2009 Communications Sign Contract to Upgrade Baraka project x Internap Adds Hibernia Atlantic To Carrier Transatlantic Submarine Cable Network Using x SubOptic 2010 Abstract Submissions Closed Diversity Model Xtera’s NXT System x Internet Costs Remain High Despite SEACOM x Local Telecommunications Company Receives October 26th, 2009 x GLO Self Care Service Now in Local Languages Authorization To Build The First Fiber Optic Cable x Verizon Moves Toward Single, Higher Capacity, From The Us To Cuba More Intelligent Global Network x Delivery of Presentation on Ocean Observations and Response to Cyclone Gonu (Gulf of Oman and x Rwanda Looking to Partner with SEACOM x SEACOM And Partners Bring Broadband To Arabian Sea) October 12th, 2009 Johannesburg x Interoute expands its presence in Russia in x Main One Lays Fiber on the Shores of Lagos and x TELKOM Will Immediately Build Optical Fibre response to a surge in enterprise demand Accra Backbone in Eastern Territory of Indonesia October 19th, 2009 x FCC Approves Unity Cable License October 23rd, 2009 x Pacnet Lightning Blazes Trail with Fastest Link to x Competition To Improve Broadband Pricing in x Hibernia Atlantic`s CEO Receives a Golden Bridges Asia’s Leading Stock Exchanges Africa? Award for Promoting Partnerships between North America and Ireland x Tanzania Telecommunication Company to Lower October 9th, 2009 Rates Thanks to SEACOM x Regional Communications Infrastructure Project x Botswana Telecommunication Corporation to (Rcip) Malawi October 16th, 2009 Invest US$75 Million in WACS October 22nd, 2009 x Tata Communications extends connectivity into October 8th, 2009 Australia via PPC1 Cable System x Verizon Business Circles Globe With Optical Mesh x Hibernia Atlantic Selects Sunesys To Extend Its Network; Begins Extension to Middle East x MTN Rwanda Set to Connect to TEAMS Global Financial Network (Gfn) Into 1400 Federal In New Jersey x Venezuela-Cuba Submarine Cable to Start Laying x BTC moves to enhance BOTSGATE internet backbone x Pipe International And Tyco Telecommunications October 21st, 2009 October 15th, 2009 Complete Ppc-1 Undersea Cable System x FCC Approves Streamlined Submarine Cable October 7th, 2009 Landing License Applications x Level 3 and Internet2 Deliver Trans-Atlantic and U.S. Network Link to Large Hadron Collider x ASH Cable Undamaged After Tsunami x Pacnet Announces Largest Ever Capacity Upgrade x EASSy is On Track x Rwandatel SA Launches Super Fast Internet October 20th, 2009 October 14th, 2009 Speeds with SEACOM’s Submarine Fibre Optic x Ipc Selects Hibernia Atlantic’s Global Financial Cable Network (Gfn) To Provide Next Generation Data x WFN Strategies to Support First Fiber Optic Cable to Cuba x Bahamas Telecommunications Company Signs Network Solutions Agreement with Haitian Company 6 October 6th, 2009 Networking Services to Public Agencies under September 18th, 2009 x Cables Damaged by Typhoon Marakot Nearly GSA Federal Supply Schedule 70 Contract x Global Crossing Prices Private Offering of $750 Repaired x Ghana Praises Glo-1 Submarine Cable Million of Its 12% Senior Secured Notes Due 2015 x UCU joins SEACOM in October x Altech Profits Surge Thanks to Submarine Cables x Ban Joo & Company Entering Submarine Cable x Millennium Telecom to Launch Undersea Cable September 29th, 2009 Business x $215 Million Central Africa Backbone Program x Lighthouse R & D Enterprises Inc. Is On Schedule x SubTel Forum Names Asia Pacific Sales Rep Will Bring Low Cost, High Speed Internet to the To Have Their Newest Deepwater Seabed September 17th, 2009 Region Observatory Operational In November 2009 x WFN Strategies Announces New Offices in Perth, October 5th, 2009 x FiReGlobal : West Coast Opening Speaker John Australia x SEACOM Broadband Experience exhibition Delaney to Receive $126 Million for New UW x WFN Strategies to Support ARINC with Seafloor Observatory October 2nd, 2009 Telecommunication Services x Pacnet to Boost Cross-Straits Connectivity for the x Main One Cable, on course for June 2010 Launch x PLDT Authority Extended on Asia-America Financial Industry Gateway (AAG) September 16th September 28th, 2009 x TEAMS Fibreoptic Cable Ready for Commercial x ZTT passed UJ authentication firstly in China Service x Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs announces new optical transmission record and breaks 100 Petabit per x Tyco Telecommunications Successfully Completes second kilometer barrier Field Demonstration Of 40 Gigabits Per Second Capabilities On Live Undersea Cable System x WFN Strategies, LLC Receives 2009 Best of Sterling Award x
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