#44 Regional Systems Issue M ay 2009 IN THIS ISSUE: Greenland Connect How Will Undersea Cables Change Africa’s World? Submarine Cable Systems In Latin America Dispelling The Myth: International Networks in the Australian IP Value Chain An international forum for the expression of ideas and opinions pertaining to the submarine telecoms industry Welcome to the 44th issue of years we had lost the middle-agers bottlenecks. Jean Devos returns with SubTel Forum, our Regional Systems and all the talents they possessed, and his ever-insightful observations, and of edition. a significant void of maturity existed. course, our ever popular “where in the Maybe so – but maybe that matters less world are all those pesky cableships” is My 80 year old dad recently saved a than I once thought. included as well. life using the Heimlich maneuver. In any case, the generations have Anybody who knows me knows that I converged once more to provide our am heavily involved in the international readers with some interesting, thought scouting movement, and that teaching provoking articles. Enjoy, and stay young! such ‘survival’ skills is for Scouters an everyday thing. But I was nonetheless Lindsey McDonald examines how astounded that an octogenarian undersea cables are breathing life into could possess the composure and Africa, while Jorn Jespersen discusses a wherewithal to accomplish such a new system in Greenland. Erick Contag feat in a room full of dumbfounded examines telecoms demand in Latin onlookers. Perhaps that also suggests America, as Lucia Bibolini analyzes that I underestimated the still relevant that region’s submarine cable systems. talents of those before me. Andrew Lipman, Paul Gagnier and Troy Tanner share their insights on new FCC A business friend recently bemoaned regulation’s impact on submarine cable that our industry was matching we operators, as Stewart Ash continues his grey hairs with the iPod generation Back Reflection, and Robin Russell with few in the middle; that over recent dispels the myth of international 2 25 Global Marine Systems 13 NavaTel 20 Nexans 5 OFS 28 Parkburn 8 RSS #44 29 STF Advertising 36 STF Classifieds Regional 9 STF Podcast Systems 14 Submarine Networks Issue World 2009 M 4 WFN Strategies ay 2009 2 Exordium Wayne Nielsen 26 FCC Reforms Regulatory Fees for 37 The Cableships U.S. Submarine Cable Operators 5 News Now Andrew D. Lipman, Paul O. Gagnier, 42 Letter to a Friend Jean Devos and Troy F. Tanner 10 How Will Undersea Cables 43 Upcoming Conferences Change Africa’s World? 30 Dispelling The Myth: Lindsey McDonald International Networks in the Australian IP Value Chain 44 Coda Kevin G. Summers Robin Russell 15 Greenland Connect Jorn Jespersen 32 Back Reflection Stewart Ash 21 Submarine Cable Systems In Latin America Lucia Bibolini 33 Latin America’s Emerging Economies Are Driving Demand For High Quality Capacity Connecting The Region With The Rest Of The World Erick Contag 3 4 A synopsis of current news items from NewsNow, the weekly news feed available on the Submarine Telecoms Forum website. May 12th, 2009 x Private Equity Investor Group Purchases Cable April 22nd, 2009 x John Lawton joins Red Penguin Product Line from Tollgrade x AT&T Q1 revenues flat, profits fall x SubTel Forum Podcast - Episode 1: The May 4th, 2009 x Telstra wins contract from Commonwealth Challenges of Raising Cable Awareness in x Undersea Cables to Breathe Life Into Africa: Bank of Australia Developing Countries Frost & Sullivan Examines Their Impact x ITU World Telecommunication Policy Forum x NEC forecasts return to profit on cost cutting April 30th, 2009 opens in Lisbon May 8th, 2009 x Tata Communications Positioned in the April 20th, 2009 x Telstra names Thodey as new CEO Challengers Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant x Opportunity, innovation and strategy for for Managed Security Services x NEC Announces Revision of Financial submarine cable owners, operators and Forecasts and Recording of Extraordinary Loss April 29th, 2009 investors for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009 x Phoenix Announces Award Of Deepwater x TV5MONDE Selects Tata Communications’ May 7th, 2009 Maintenance Projects Content Delivery Network Services to Reach Global Audience in Real-Time x ICT development strategies agreed at Asia- x Tyco Electronics Reports Second Quarter Pacific meeting Results April 17th, 2009 May 5th, 2009 April 23rd, 2009 x ITU World Telecommunication Policy Forum focuses on future of ICT x Alcatel-Lucent reports EUR 402 million net x Tata Communications to Launch Cisco loss in Q1 TelePresence Exchange x Sony Ericsson to cut more jobs as losses widen x Pacnet Expands Its Asia Network With Xtera’s x Huawei forecasts FY contract sales up 29% to NXT Terminals USD 30 bln 5 April 16th, 2009 x Pacnet Completes Significant Capacity x The SubOptic 2010 website is launched x Renesas, NEC starts talks on merger - report Upgrades on EAC-C2C x NTT Com and Pacnet make an offer on Pacific x Telindus appoints new Product Manager for April 7th, 2009 Crossing Service Provider division x KVH Announces $3.8 Million in New Orders for March 30th, 2009 April 14th, 2009 Fiber Optic Gyros x Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Announces an x WFN Strategies’ Director of Projects to speak x Trans-Caribbean Cable Network acquired by Amended and Restated Shareholders’ at ICPC 2009 Cobian Agreement x Mobinil (Egypt): France Telecom requests x SEACOM partners with Interoute to open a x NEC Wins Contract to Build Submarine Cable Orascom Telecom to cease its media attack digital super highway between East Africa Asia Network (SCAN) System and comply with the ICC’s award and Europe x Bharti Airtel and Australia Japan Cable x US to boost telecommunications links with April 6th, 2009 collaborate to create a new connectivity Cuba x Tata Communications and Dimension Data solution to Australia from Singapore and the US April 10th, 2009 Partner to Accelerate Global TelePresence Market March 27th, 2009 x ITU Optical technology standards guide available April 2nd, 2009 x Pacnet named Best Wholesale Carrier at Telecom Asia Awards 2009 April 9th, 2009 x Global Marine Systems’ Energy Division prepared for growth March 26th, 2009 x Siemens Introduces OpenScale™ Operate Service Packages Designed To Give April 1st, 2009 x Telefonica Selects Level 3 for North American Enterprises Simpler, More Effective Ways to x Global Crossing Announces Conference Call Network Manage Costs for GCUK’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 x Tunisia signals its digital independence with April 8th, 2009 Financial Results a new sub sea cable linking North Africa to Interoute’s pan European network x Global Crossing Prepared to Optimize New x Fujitsu Optical Components Established Federal Broadband Fund x Pacnet Enhances Focus on SMBs with New March 25th, 2009 x WACS Consortium and Alcatel-Lucent Sign a Partner Program x Tyco Telecommunications Successfully Contract to Deploy New 14,000 km Submarine March 31st, 2009 Transmits 40 Gigabits Per Second Signal On Cable Network Tata Communications’ Trans Pacific Undersea x Fiber Will Eclipse DSL in Taiwan’s Internet System x NEC - Regarding Media Reports on April 8, Market Within Next Five Years, Finds Pyramid 6 2009 Research x Frost & Sullivan Recognizes ConceptWave(R) March 19th, 2009 March 16th, 2009 as a Formidable Player in the Global OSS/BSS x Pacnet Boosts Philippine Operations to x SubTel Forum announces winners of Markets Support Burgeoning BPO Industry readership survey prizes x NEC to Upgrade PanAmerican Submarine x ACCC institutes proceedings against Telstra x Global Crossing Receives Two ATLANTIC- Cable for alleged breach of standard access ACM 2009 U.S. Wholesale Carrier Excellence March 24th, 2009 obligations Awards x Pacnet Boosts Investment in India, Sets Sight x Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Positive x Fujitsu Conducts Collaborative Field Testing on High Growth Long Distance Market Patent Update of LTE x NEC to Upgrade PanAmerican Submarine March 18th, 2009 x NEC Obtains BSI Certification for Business Cable x Active Optical Cable Patent Awarded to Continuity Plans March 23rd, 2009 EMCORE Corporatio x Siemens supplies electric-propulsion and x NEC and OptiComm Partner to Deliver FTTH x Pacnet Bolsters Cross-Strait Connectivity to automation package for two deep-sea survey Open Access Network to more than 50,000 Support Accelerating Sino-Taiwanese Trade vessels New Homes and Businesses x Interoute defies telco slow down - flight x BT ranked top global operator for customer x The Spanish Ministry of Public Administration towards fibre boosts revenues satisfaction awards its data communications and fixed March 17th, 2009 telephony to BT for the second time x Tata joins forces with Seacom cable x Alcatel-Lucent and Politecnico di Milano reinforce their cooperation in optical research x Ericsson And Deutsche Telekom Succeed In A Joint European 100g R&D Field Trial (100get) x Australia Japan Cable completes testing and On Existing Optical Platform offers Gigabit Ethernet on its international network x Australia Japan Cable signs as International Capacity stream sponsor at CommsDay x Global Marine Systems awarded Business Summit Weekly’s East of England Business Award in the category of International Trad x BT selected as SABMiller’s network and telecommunications partner March 20th, 2009 x Optical Cable Corporation Reports Fiscal First x Hatteras and Overture Lead Growing Carrier Quarter 2009 Financial Results Ethernet Access Platform Market Segments in 7 2008, Heavy Reading Reports LIKE YOUR NEWS NOW? 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