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10 January 2013
Brought to you in collaboration with TeleGeography.
Growth in global demand for international bandwidth declined in 2011 for a third straight year. Although the pace of growth has slowed, demand still increased at a robust rate of 45%. TeleGeography reports that carriers had a total of 67Tbps of capacity on their international IP, private and voice networks in 2011 - six times the 11.1Tbps in service in 2007. Bandwidth demand growth varies...
Global Caribbean Fiber is to upgrade its Antilles Crossing submarine network, linking St Croix, St Lucia and Barbados with 40Gbps coherent technology.
Two fibre providers have told Capacity they are targeting enhancements to their respective networks after dipping into the UK to Ireland subsea market.
Emerald Networks has obtained a preliminary commitment to fund the Emerald Express cable, linking the US, Iceland and Ireland, from the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Interview with Philippe Dumont, president of Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks.
A major subsea cable project sunk without a trace in 2012, raising the question: is there about to be a subsea construction lull? Guy Matthews investigates.
South Sudan is reportedly planning to lay terrestrial fibre-optic cable this year to link its capital, Juba, with east Africa’s submarine cables.
Which major European operator is likely to lead investments for securing emerging market presence in 2013?