Submarine Cables

A recent study highlights how these powerful underwater events can sever cables, leading to widespread internet disruptions and costly repairs.

Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Tuesday underlined the need to promote competition, innovation, and investment in the domain of submarine cable landing stations, as the industry body advocated for non-discriminatory and open access to all potential seekers of international connectivity.

Tonga was reconnected to the world on Tuesday following repairs to a submarine cable, officials said, a month after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications to the remote Pacific island nation.

Google and Facebook unveiled plans for a new undersea Internet cable connecting Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Reliance Industries Share Price: Reliance Industries opened on the BSE at Rs 1,978, registering an intra day high of Rs 2,002.65 and an intra day low of Rs 1,972.10

Jio said it is constructing the largest international submarine cable system centred on India. In conjunction with several key global partners and world-class submarine cable supplier SubCom, Jio is currently deploying two next-generation cables to support the extraordinary growth in data demand across the region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation via video conferencing the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair, which "will enable delivery of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecom services to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, at par with other parts of India," said an official statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair on August 10 through video conferencing.

Union Communications, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday inaugurated the submarine optical fibre cable laying work between Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Airtel said the partnership would help it to serve the growing demand for data services, particularly in markets across South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Google said on Tuesday it would add five regions and build three new submarine cables.

Embattled Reliance Communications is laying a 68,000-km undersea cable to carry data across Europe and Asia, to be built at a cost of USD 600 million.

Internet services across Pakistan were disrupted for about 38 hours due to a fault in the India-Middle East-Western Europe submarine cable, affecting flight services and other activities.

Reliance Jio said the submarine cable will serve increasing demand for video-centric data bandwidth.

The cable is expected to be operational in late 2017 and "should be funded by the commercialisation of its traffic."

A recent study highlights how these powerful underwater events can sever cables, leading to widespread internet disruptions and costly repairs.

Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Tuesday underlined the need to promote competition, innovation, and investment in the domain of submarine cable landing stations, as the industry body advocated for non-discriminatory and open access to all potential seekers of international connectivity.

Tonga was reconnected to the world on Tuesday following repairs to a submarine cable, officials said, a month after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications to the remote Pacific island nation.

Google and Facebook unveiled plans for a new undersea Internet cable connecting Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Reliance Industries Share Price: Reliance Industries opened on the BSE at Rs 1,978, registering an intra day high of Rs 2,002.65 and an intra day low of Rs 1,972.10

Jio said it is constructing the largest international submarine cable system centred on India. In conjunction with several key global partners and world-class submarine cable supplier SubCom, Jio is currently deploying two next-generation cables to support the extraordinary growth in data demand across the region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation via video conferencing the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair, which "will enable delivery of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecom services to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, at par with other parts of India," said an official statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair on August 10 through video conferencing.

Union Communications, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday inaugurated the submarine optical fibre cable laying work between Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Airtel said the partnership would help it to serve the growing demand for data services, particularly in markets across South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Google said on Tuesday it would add five regions and build three new submarine cables.

Embattled Reliance Communications is laying a 68,000-km undersea cable to carry data across Europe and Asia, to be built at a cost of USD 600 million.

Internet services across Pakistan were disrupted for about 38 hours due to a fault in the India-Middle East-Western Europe submarine cable, affecting flight services and other activities.

Reliance Jio said the submarine cable will serve increasing demand for video-centric data bandwidth.

The cable is expected to be operational in late 2017 and "should be funded by the commercialisation of its traffic."