SUB.CO founder Bevan Slattery has updated the market on the progress of the Oman Australia Cable (OAC), with installation due to complete in December of this year.
Wholesale and Capacity
Interxion collaborates with PCCW Global to deliver submarine cable gateway to Europe
Interxion, A Digital Realty Company, a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data center solutions, has signed an agreement with PCCW Global to locate the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea cable system’s termination and interconnection equipment in Interxion’s MRS2 data center in Marseille, France. The collaboration will enable low-latency access to over 160 connectivity providers along with multiple content, cloud, gaming and video streaming platforms.
Orange reinforces its leading role with two new generation submarine cables
After the landing of the Dunant cable, a Google project announced back in March 2020, Orange announces it is now ready for service for its wholesale and business customers. With 12 fibre pairs with over 30 Tbps of capacity each, multiplying by three the previous generation of transatlantic submarine cables capacity.
Telecom Egypt provides Google with a TransEgypt meshed solution and Mediterranean capacity to Europe
Cairo, 04 January 2021: Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, signed an agreement with Google to provide Google with the first of its kind layer three meshed solution on multiple Telecom Egypt’s redundant and resilient Egypt crossing network infrastructure. As part of the agreement, Google will also be provided capacity on Telecom Egypt’s Mediterranean submarine cable, TE North. The project is expected to go live in the first half of 2021.
ST Telemedia and Hyosung Heavy Industries to develop and operate data centres in South Korea
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), a leading data centre service provider headquartered in Singapore, announced a strategic partnership with Hyosung Heavy Industries a leading high voltage electrical equipment manufacturing and construction company in Korea, on a 60:40 basis to jointly develop and operate their first carrier-neutral data centre campus in, South Korea.
Colt boosts connectivity for Japanese enterprises
Colt Technology Services has announced that it provides connectivity to Oracle Cloud in Tokyo and Osaka for Fullenergy Limited, a Cloud Integrator that owns a group of engineers specialized for Oracle Cloud.
Cisco and Acacia merger deal gets China’s conditional nod
Cisco and Acacia Communications have been granted conditional approval of their merger from China’s antitrust regulator.
PCCW Global’s Console Connect internet access service now available on-demand
PCCW Global is pleased to announce that its industry-leading global Internet access service is available on-demand via the award-winning Console Connect digital platform.
Five UK 5G projects to use Open RAN technology
Five out of nine projects focused on exploring the benefits of 5G technology to help UK businesses will be using Open RAN architecture.
PCCW Global, RingCentral establish on-demand private network connections for consumers
PCCW Global, a leading international communications service provider, has announced a new collaboration with RingCentral, a leading provider of cloud-based unified communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions for global enterprises, to provide on-demand private network connections to RingCentral’s global unified communication services.