Wholesale and Capacity

Space-Based 5G Global Network to Redefine Mobile Communications

Omnispace and Lockheed Martin have entered into a strategic interest agreement to explore develop 5G capability from space.

First Subsea Cable System on the US East Coast Gains Funding

Confluence received an investment required to complete the development and construction of its Confluence-1 subsea cable system. The funding is given by MasTec Inc., a US-based infrastructure construction company, upon buying an equity interest in the company.

PCCW Global Enhances Global Network

PCCW Global, in collaboration with Naitel, a licensed telecommunications service provider in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, have enhanced Middle Eastern international connectivity and expanded the region’s network reach by extending PCCW Global’s growing global Tier 1 network coverage via a new IP node in Aqaba, Jordan.

SING Cable between India and Singapore on Target

The first truly open access submarine cable to directly connect India to Singapore, with branches to Thailand, Indonesia and Oman continues to hit its milestones remaining firmly on track for a 2023 delivery.

US-China tensions halt project of undersea data cable

Facebook has decided to halt its efforts to build a trans-Pacific undersea cable that would have connected California and Hong Kong, due to tensions between the United States and China.

Telia Carrier Enhances Network in El Paso

Telia Carrier has extended its partnership with MDC Data Centers (Formerly McAllen Data Center) launching a new Point of Presence (PoP) at MDC’s El Paso facility. The new PoP in El Paso provides scalable multi-terabit capacity and connectivity, enhancing the local availability of high-speed IP Transit, Cloud Connect, Ethernet and IPX services for operators, content providers and enterprises alike.

5 UK Projects Will Use Open RAN

Five out of nine projects focused on exploring the benefits of 5G technology to help UK businesses will be using Open RAN architecture.

Telia Carrier and Telxius Expand Global Connectivity form Europe to USA

Telia Carrier announced today the launch of a new Point-of-Presence at Telxius’ interconnection rich Derio Communications Hub located near Bilbao, Spain. The agreement enhances Telia Carrier’s fiber backbone and connectivity for customers seeking gateway access to a completely new and diverse path from the Americas to Europe with low latency and high capacity between the two continents.

Data Center Operators Create Climate Neutral Pact

Cloud infrastructure providers and data center operators in Europe have created the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact.

From 2.5Gb to Fiber Sales, Data Centers, and Beyond

When APTelecom was founded back in 2009, their very first piece of business was a 10Gb subsea circuit from Jakarta to Singapore. A simplistic arbitrage lease deal which created an opportunity for them to enter the submarine cable consulting market on their own terms. That deal was quickly followed by a succession of similar deals. In parallel, given that their core competency is capacity sales, both pre RFS and in-service systems, APTelecom quickly established a niche for itself in the pre-sales and post sales market for system developers and have been delivering pre-sales for clients ever since. At one point they even had a voice business and was fairly successfully (800 overseas termination) yet eventually divested this in early 2013 to focus on the growth of data movement sales.