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66 n o v voice 2012 of the ISSn 1948-3031 Industry System Upgrades Edition In This Issue: 11 Years All Optical Submarine Network Upgrades of Upgrading Cables Systems? More Possibilities That You Originally Think Of! Excellence Reach, Reliability And Return On Investment: The 3R’s To Optimal Subsea Architecture Statistics Issue Issue Issue #64 Issue #3 #63 #2 Released Released Issue Released Released #65 Released 2 ISSN No. 1948-3031 PUBLISHER: Wayne Nielsen MANAGING EDITOR: Kevin G. Summers ovember in America is the month Forum brand which we will be rolling out we celebrate Thanksgiving. It during the course of the year, and which CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Stewart Ash, is also the month SubTel Forum we believe will further enhance your James Barton, Bertrand Clesca, Dr Herve Fevrier, N Stephen Jarvis, Brian Lavallée, Pete LeHardy, celebrates our anniversary of existence, utility and enjoyment. We’re going to kick Vinay Rathore, Dr. Joerg Schwartz that now being 11 years going strong. it up a level or two, and think you will like the developments . And as always, it will Submarine Telecoms Forum magazine is When Ted and I established our little be done at no cost to our readers. published bimonthly by Submarine Telecoms magazine in 2001, our hope was to get Forum, Inc., and is an independent commercial enough interest to keep it going for a We will do so with two key founding publication, serving as a freely accessible forum for professionals in industries connected while. We had a list of contacts, an AOL principles always in mind, which annually with submarine optical fiber technologies and email address and a song in our heart; the I reaffirm to you, our readers: techniques. 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Exordium 3 Phoenix Participates In 30 Advertiser Index 50 Wayne Nielsen Underwater Search For Amelia Earhart’s Plane Coda 51 News Now 5 Pete LeHardy Kevin G. Summers Reach, Reliability And Return Notes on The Upgrade Market 9 33 Stephen Jarvis On Investment: The 3R’s To Optimal Subsea Architecture All Optical Submarine Network 14 Vinay Rathore Upgrades Brian Lavallée Satellite Backhaul: The Fibre 41 Alternative Upgrading Cables Systems? 22 James Barton More Possibilities That You Originally Think of! Bertrand Clesca, Dr Herve Fevrier Back Reflection 45 & Dr. Joerg Schwartz Stewart Ash Conferences 49 4 news now Alcatel mulling sale of submarine, enterprise units-sources Emerald Networks Announces a Strategic Investment By Storage Engine, Inc. American Samoa eyes second submarine fibre cable Firms go through hell and high water in GBI Connects The APTelecom Appointed as SACS - South Atlantic Cable Red Sea To Milan With Advanced 100G Technology From System (Angola - Brazil Cable) Pre-Sales Manager for Xtera International Network Development Globe lays submarine cable to Boracay Arctic Fibre Applies For Canadian Landing Licence Groups urge government to revise submarine cable Conroy mulls Government-funded subsea fibre link Huawei, ZTE, and the Slippery Slope of Excusing Cross River Fiber Partners With Telx For Network Access Protectionism on National Security Grounds Services HYLAS 2 Gateway at Cyta Kim Dotcom to reboot NZ Cross River Fiber Supports Dark Fiber Connectivity Within submarine cable and offer free broadband the Healthcare Vertical, Extending Its New Jersey Backbone Reach By 50+ Miles ICPC: Call For Papers Cyprus Telecommunications Authority Deploys Infinera Lat Am submarine network upgrades to 40G DTN-X Platform for 100G Mediterranean Subsea Network Mitsubishi Electric Upgrades IMEWE Submarine Cable eFive Telecoms Signs Up Undersea Cable Supplier System between India, Middle East and Western Europe in Record Time MTN Announces Commercial LTE Plans SubOptic 2013 Call for Papers: 164 Submissions Received! MTN to bring LTE to 3 SA cities SubOptic 2013 Early Bird Registration Now Available Namibia: Titanic Battle Looming in Telecom Sector T-Mobile: New CEO Legere Faces Promising Problems NBN to build undersea cable to US if prices don NTC plans Tata Communications appoints Rangu Salgame as Chief new submarine cable Executive Officer of Growth Ventures Prysmian SpA : Prysmian to develop first-ever high-voltage Telefonica selects Infinera DTN-X platform for 100G SAm-1 submarine power link in Turkey to connect Asia and Europe submarine cable upgrade across the Dardanelles strait The 2012 Presidential Election and Its Future Impact on Radius Oceanic Communications and Cyta announce Telecommunications and Media Policy Eastern Mediterranean cooperation through the POSEIDON TRAI to specify charges for Cable Landing Stations System Undersea cable support Reliance Globalcom may acquire optical network gear from US company Ciena Vietnam telcos to join in Asian undersea Internet cable Sea Fibre Networks Launch the Staffordshire Gateway project Vodafone Sees 500 Million Pounds in Costs From C&W Deal Seaborn Networks signs contract with Alcatel-Lucent to build US-Brazil submarine cable network WARCIP Updates on ACE Fibre Optic Project Shrinking Arctic ice and a golden fibre-optic opportunity Zanzibar Gets 100 MW Cable Link To Mainland Silent Fibre-optic War Rages Slattery SMD and BORD Sign Joint Venture Submarine Cable Almanac - Issue 4 Submarine cable outage hits Kiwi internet 494.8% map and surrounding rectangle locked Main International Submarine Cables 11 Years of Excellence VESTMANNAEYJAR FAEROE ISLANDS ANCHORAGE IN 5 RAUMA E-F W TURKU S IN 4 SEWARD E-F C OSTHAMMAR SW AN EST 1 ATLANTIC TA NORRTALJE SW- CRO T 3 KINGISEPP SS ING STOCKHOLM TALLINN SW KARDLA NYNASHAMN - LA T JUNEAU V KRISTIANSAND I LYSEKIL A G N C I 3 VENTSPILS I T D -1 A O T -14 THISTED U N TAT -R A K C BLAABJERG D KARSLUNDE C EA-1 P G YSTAD AN MAADE N P 4 BORNHOLM -DK GEDSER UK 0 REDCAR BALTICA T-1 SCARBOROUGH A E 5 SYLT T DUBLIN -G LIVERPOOL K KOLOBRZEG IC U NORDEN NT G TLA WINTERTON TERSCHELLING IN A S 60 ALKMAAR S 3 O COURTMACSHERRY SWANSEA R BREAN C T OSTENDE IC PTA BARNSTAPLE T N BUDE GC A NNTTIC NPC I L TLA T 33660 A LANDS END A -14 ST VALERY INI 2 TAT PORT ALBERNI GEM NPC PLERIN IC OW LO ANT LANNION SEATTLE ELL POL TL Y A AG A PENMARCH IC FL -12 INI 1 M NT TAT EM O C-P1 TLA G M C A O Y ST HILAIRE HARBOUR POINT 360 C T Y ODESSA T PC-1 FLAG PACIFIC/TYCOM 11 TAT TAT- U NEDONNA P K MESTRE 13 -P T- S UMAG RIJEKA TA A R TPC-4 PACIFIC CITY IC I NOVOROSSIYSK HALIFAX IC R A O SAVONA NT F I- J A N TIC TL G A A TPC-4 AN G A R TL LA A U 4 360 A F L MANGALIA SOCHI 3 E SPLIT R A I 2 F MONACO KAFOS U NI MIN E ITALY- T FLAG CIPA FIC/TYC BER GE A RODILES SANTANDER MARSEILLES DUBROVNIK I OM HI I W MONACO S NAKHODKA N - V A VARNA C TPC-5 BOSTON 2 R A FO POTI T-1 9 E E S D S 14 TA TAT- IB 1 R B G-R BANDON RHODE ISLAND TAT- M R A R TPC-5 H - A B AJACCIO I DUBRAZZO O M A L A BARI OL R A FRANCE- 1 P E A LONG ISLAND TIC I 1 T-11 A B R ITALY ISTANBUL LLO N IN TA S BARCELONA I ITALY-ALBAN DURRES APO A M A IA TL E 2 C G CHINA-US WALL G A TIC PENBAL 3 N ARANCI 1 P A N E OTRANTO - FL TLA E MANASQUAN A PALMA C N US G PENBAL 5 W INA- CANUS-1 FLA 2 P CH - CORFU MANAHAWKIN VALENCIA ITALY- 2 E PENBAL 4 T 2 BUS I I LISBON MA GREECE K KITA-IBARAKI OLUM L M C - POINT ARENA TUCKERTON SEISIMBRIA A - J AJIGAURA 13 HIBER 2 P - AT- NIA A T T L JAPAN-US TY A E IZMIR R CO A ATHENS M M S TRAPANI TYC PALERMO JAPAN-US OM AZORES LAG LEKHAINA orth C CHIPONA F MAZARA tic N S UMB US III NAOETSU satlan CONIL COL CATANIA TYCOM Tran A BIZERTE QINGDAO ESTEPONA ALGIERS ITALY-MALTA T W / KELIBIA MARMARIS TAEAN A 3 ITALY- TUIR -US - A EMOS T RIA -1 T HINA 4 T TUNISIA NE U C - P 2 S - MURUYAMA MORRO BAY A E KHANIA C CHINA-US th A IS CYPRUS TARTOUS PUSAN EMI P Sou S MALTA - CHINA-US SAN LUIS OBISPO TYCOM Transatlantic TETOUAN ME J MIURA T -WE APH UGARIT KIOJE -K GROVER BEACH SE 3 RODITE 2 HAMADA TOYOHASHI