Talking underwater: Recent developments in Asia Pacific subsea communication
This series surveys the more recent history of submarine cables in the Asia Pacific, looking at key movements in the region over the past year.
Tag: submarine cable
What is the cost of relying on a single cable?
While Tonga assesses the impact of its recent submarine cable outage, other similarly-connected economies will also be paying attention.
A new submarine cable for the Cook Islands: But to where?
Guest Post: The Cook Islands is set to receive its first submarine cable — but which international connectivity option serves the island economy best?
Network Atlas project crowdsources global network infrastructure data
Network Atlas is currently crowdsourcing network information from operators around the world.
Chasing Shannon’s limit – submarine cable fibre optic communications
Guest Post: Technology developments such as Coherent Optics have allowed us to get closer to the theoretical transmission capacity of submarine cables.
Cook Islands Internet set to get a whole lot faster
Connecting to the Manatua Polynesian Cable will greatly improve the Cook Islands Internet service availability, latency and capacity in the coming years.
Frequently Asked Questions: Submarine Cables 101
Guest Post: TeleGeography’s Alan Mauldin answers common questions about submarine cables.
New trans-Pacific cable to improve Pacific connectivity
Guest Post: The new Hawaiki Cable is set to become the region’s fastest international digital connection and is expected to improve interconnectivity in the region.
Cook Islands commits to improve connectivity
Leaders from the Cook Islands and other Pacific island economies recently met to discuss cooperation on improving telecommunications infrastructure.
Internet traffic jam in Asia as submarine cable breaks
East Asia is in the middle of an Internet traffic jam as engineers fix a cut in one of the region’s significant submarine cables.