Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has launched a new cable ship. The company recently announced the inauguration of the Ile d'Yeu, a new cable installation vessel, at the Port of La Rochelle in France.

Nordic shipbuilder Vard has successfully delivered a cable-laying vessel to I.T. International Telecom Marine (IT), a submarine cable installation and maintenance firm. The vessel was formerly a ...

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The cable ship Cable Innovator docked in Port Angeles, Wash. in May 2022 (Creative Commons/DeVos Max) A British-flagged cable-laying ship is sailing from Canada to Southeast Alaska to repair a damaged ...

Japan said it will invest in a new fleet of subsea-cable-laying ships, a sign of communications infrastructure becoming increasingly important to national security. Japan’s NEC Corporation dominates ...

Have you ever wondered how an email sent from New York arrives in Sydney in mere seconds, or how you can video chat with someone on the other side of the globe with barely a hint of delay? Behind ...

Just last week, the cutting of optical cables under the Red Sea disrupted internet access in many countries around the world. The cable cuts caused internet outages in several countries in the Middle ...

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