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70 m a Y Voice 2013 of the ISSN 1948-3031 Industry Subsea Capacity Edition In This Issue: Time Has Come For Taking Innovation Under Water: The How And Why Of A New Repeater SEACOM – Upgrading the African Internet ‘Onwards and Eastwards’ E-marine MD & CEO Highlights The Challenges And Ambitions Of Hosting The Next SubOptic Trends In African International Capacity Purchasing Statistics Issue #67 Issue Released Issue Issue #65 #66 Released #69 Released Released Issue #68 Released 2 ISSN No. 1948-3031 PUBLISHER: Wayne Nielsen MANAGING EDITOR: Kevin G. Summers elcome to Issue 70 of SubTel certainly alive, but whether it is moving CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Stewart Ash, Forum, our Capacity / positively or negatively depends on Stuart Barnes, Tony Frisch, Stephen Jarvis, Omar SubOptic 2013 Wrap-up who you met in the various receptions. Jassim Bin Kalban, Arunachalam Kandasamy, W edition. Finance issues continue to be a concern, Mike Last, Brian Lavallée, Joerg Schwartz and a number of systems expected for The last time my family and I visited Submarine Telecoms Forum magazine is launch last year are looking anew for published bimonthly by Submarine Telecoms Normandy was in 1993 just before 2013. Technology continues to improve Forum, Inc., and is an independent commercial SubOptic in Versailles. publication, serving as a freely accessible by leaps and bounds with no end in forum for professionals in industries connected At the time, we were standing at the sight. But interestingly not a number with submarine optical fiber technologies and of new system names were floated. At techniques. Submarine Telecoms Forum may beginning of an incredible ramp-up of not be reproduced or transmitted in any form, the industry. Our BTM team was one a minimum, SubOptic proved again to in whole or in part, without the permission of of maybe ten exhibitors and we were all be an excellent opportunity to catch-up the publishers. tucked away in a single large tent that with old friends and network with new Liability: while every care is taken in was attached to various meeting and colleagues, and assess for oneself the preparation of this publication, the publishers presentation rooms. The number of direction of things. cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information herein, or any errors which participants was surely much smaller And Normandy continues to be a may occur in advertising or editorial content, than recent years, but the enthusiasm wonderful visit, and the 15th century or any consequence arising from any errors (and subsequent flow of wine) was or omissions, and the editor reserves the right farm manor we stayed in again even to edit any advertising or editorial material certainly not lacking. Coming back has internet – although the younger submitted for publication. to Paris last month was among other members of our group who were things an interesting opportunity to Contributions are welcomed. Please forward to responsible for uploading the final the Managing Editor at [email protected]. review how our industry has evolved edition of STF Today over the years and where we might be might take umbrage Submarine Telecoms Forum, Inc. headed. 21495 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 201 with that. Sterling, Virginia 20166, USA subtelforum.com I came away with some interesting thoughts about the state of play 3 Copyright © 2013 Submarine Telecoms Forum, Inc. today in our industry. The business is In This Issue... Exordium 3 SEACOM – Upgrading the 25 Back Reflection 40 Wayne Nielsen African Internet Stewart Ash Brian Lavallée & Arunachalam News Now 5 Kandasamy Conferences 44 Capacity Statistics 9 ‘Onwards and Eastwards’ 31 Advertiser Index 45 E-marine MD & CEO Highlights The Challenges 10 46 SubOptic 2013 Recap And Ambitions Of Hosting Coda Stephen Jarvis The Next SubOptic Kevin G. Summers Omar Jassim Bin Kalban Time Has Come For Taking 20 Innovation Under Water: The Trends In African 35 How And Why Of A New International Capacity Repeater Purchasing Stuart Barnes, Tony Frisch Mike Last & Joerg Schwartz 4 News Now Africa Coast To Europe Submarine Bharti Airtel to buy optical Corning Optical Cabling Used by Fibre-optic Cable Inaugurated In network gear from US-based Ciena Allied Fiber for Ambitious Dark Accra Communications Fiber Project BT opens global development BICS Selects Infinera DTN-X for Corning to Provide Optical Cabling centre in Bangalore 500G Pan-European Network Solutions for Miami-to-Atlanta Segment of Allied Fiber’s Network- Africa Coast to Europe Consortium Breaking News : SubOptic 2016 in Neutral System Build and Alcatel-Lucent Further Dubai Strengthen Broadband Continuity CSA Demonstrates Capabilities of In Africa With Maintenance Service Business is Tough Out There: Guest USV During Live Field Tests Agreement Speaker, Chris Burke DeepOcean acquires a 50% interest Africa Gains In Connectivity With Cable Repairs on a Crowded in ADUS Submarine Deals Continental Shelf : Oral Sesson TH2B DeepOcean Group Awarded Alcatel-Lucent To Help Ensure Trenching Contract in the North Sea Continuity Of Broadband Services Coherent Transponders: Oral In Africa By Signing Maintenance Session TU2C Different Viewpoints on Reliability: Services for West Africa Cable Masterclass Tutorial 3 System Columbus Networks and CWC Form JV to Expand Subsea Network E-marine Brings World ECFS Allied Fiber Launches Miami to Platform Consortium Selected Xtera for Atlanta Segment of Its Network- Upgrading its Caribbean Festoon Neutral Fiber and Colocation Coping with National Security Subsea Cable System System Regs: Oral Session WE2A ECFS Consortium Selected Xtera for Upgrading its Caribbean Festoon Subsea Cable System News Now ECFS Consortium Selected Xtera for Globenet Completes Construction Protecting the Submarine Cables Upgrading its Caribbean Festoon Of Bermuda-US (Segment 5) That Wire Our World Subsea Cable System Replacement Prysmian Group Opens New Ed Parsons: Keynote Speech 2 GlobeNet Opens Fastest US Optical Cable Plant In Slatina, Hibernia Networks Celebrates Its 10 Romania Egypt: Divers Caught While Year Anniversary Cutting Internet Cable Reliance Communications Ltd : Huawei Marine Achieve Breakeven Reliance Globalcom integrates Emmanuel Desurvire : Keynote by Year-end of 2012 Hawk cable system with Reliance Speaker Global Network India Seeks Innovation Now Goes Era of High Spectral Efficiency: Oral Under Water: Xtera Announces Reliance Globalcom activates Session TU2C (3:30) New Repeater for Subsea Cable Mobily on its Hawk submarine Systems cable system Etisalat Inks BBG Internet Agreement Kenya: Seacom Launches a Cloud Reliance Globalcom’s Hawk Services Unit Submarine Cable Creates New Expresso ACE Fibre Cable Ready Middle East, India Opportunities For Launch In Ghana This Week Matt Ridley: Keynote Speaker 1 Reliance Jio to use Bharti Airtel’s i2i Finance: Round Table 1 Namibia: Telecom’s Own Pops for submarine cable for international WACS Connection connectivity From Start to Finish: Xtera Expands Turnkey Offering and Joins ICPC NGD And The Welsh Pirates, RIL, Vodafone, Others Tie Up To Poison, and Politics : Masterclass 10 Construct Undersea Cable Global Marine Appoints Bill Donaldson as New Chief Financial Protecting Subsea Cables Using AIS: Sabotage Threat to Undersea Cables Officer Oral Session TU1B (11:00) is Overblown News Now Seaborn Networks Selects Equinix Submarine Fibre Collaboration Sees The Future of the Industry : for First Sao Paulo Gateway to US Local Expertise For Australian Oil Roundtable 3 And Gas Severed cable blamed for Syrian The Legal Detail: Masterclass Internet cut Syria’s Internet Restored After Tutorial 6 Blackout Single-Mode Fiber offers high Top 10 telecom operators UAE, power, low loss at 100 Gbps. TE Subcom Awarded Epic Contract Oman to be connected to new For Chevron Jack & St. Malo undersea cable system Sri Lanka Dialog says submarine Undersea Network cable will give high speeds Undersea Cable Cut Affects 50% of TE SubCom Awarded Supply Pakistan’s Internet Traffic Sri Lanka State-of-the-Art Advances Contract Of Poseidon Undersea Set New Standard for Spectral Cable System By Ocean Specialists, Undersea Cable From Brazil Skips Efficiency and Distance Inc. Miami STF Today - Monday Wrap Up TE SubCom Demonstrates Record- Upgrades: Guide Session 3 Breaking Transpacific Transmission STF Today @ SubOptic 2013 Visualizing the Impacts of Cable Telecom Italia Sparkle Selects Breaks : Oral Session WE1B STF Today @ SubOptic 2013 - iconectiv for Accurate Routing Episode 4 of Voice and SMS and Fraud Why Undersea Internet Cables Are Prevention More Vulnerable Than You Think STF Today @ SubOptic 2013 Wrap Up - Day Three Telstra Eyes Slattery’s Singapore WIOCC Continues African Undersea Cable Expansion STF Today @ SubOptic 2013 Wrap Up - Tuesday Telx Secures New US Connections WIOCC Xtera Expands Turnkey to Brazil With Seaborn Networks Offering and Joins ICPC The Undersea Cable Report 2013 Intelligent intelligence - go beyond the numbers! 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