Upscaling Power Subsea: Cables and Connectors
, with a smaller footprint, smaller hull penetrations, for applications such as offshore oil and gas, towed arrays, side scan sonar systems and oceanographic instrumentation.Frontiers in hazardous conditions are continuing to drive the cable industry forward. Space Norway, for example, has announced SubCom as the contractor for a new high-speed connection from the Norwegian mainland to Jan Mayen and Svalbard. The 2,350km subsea fiber optic Arctic Way Cable System will be located entirely within the Arctic Circle.And in February, Meta announced its most ambitious subsea cable endeavor yet: Project
SubCom Deploys One Million Kilometers of Subsea Cable Systems Globally
SubCom recognized a historic organizational milestone: the deployment of more than one million kilometers of subsea cable. At a ceremony held at SubCom’s campus in Newington, CEO David Coughlan accepted a special commendation from the State of New Hampshire by Governor Kelly A. Ayotte in celebration of the company’s industry-first achievement.SubCom, whose origins date back to the mid-1800s, has been a global leader in subsea cable design, manufacturing, and deployment since its entry into the communications industry in 1955. INearly all of the world’s data is transmitted via secure
Space Norway, SubCom Announce Contract-in-Force for Arctic Way Cable System
Space Norway and SubCom announced that a contract is in-force for the survey, design, supply and installation of the Arctic Way Cable System. Providing necessary route diversity to a region with rapidly increasing data traffic demands, the new system will become a critical asset for transmitting data between the Norwegian mainland, Jan Mayen, and the Svalbard archipelago.SubCom will produce the components for Arctic Way at its manufacturing campus in Newington, NH, USA. The trunk-and-branch, repeatered system will be approximately 2,350 km in length with direct shore end landings in Bodø, Norway
Space Norway Launches World's Northernmost Subsea Cable
Space Norway is set to establish new high-speed connection from the Norwegian mainland to Jan Mayen and Svalbard.Space Norway has signed a contract with SubCom for the full system supply of the Arctic Way Cable System, including survey, design, manufacturing and installation. Scheduled to commence service in 2028, this new system will become a critical asset for transmitting data traffic between the mainland, Jan Mayen, and Svalbard archipelago."While establishing new fibre infrastructure, we will continue to utilise the two existing cables to Svalbard as long as they remain functional, serving
U.S. Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China
of enemy vessels, the two people said.Much of this work has been carried out by the 40-year-old USNS Zeus, the first and only operational cable ship specifically built for the U.S. Navy, the people said. Assisting are the CS Dependable and CS Decisive, two cable ships owned by the private U.S. firm SubCom, they said. SubCom has become a key player in the tech war with China, Reuters reported in July.To keep the locations of U.S. underwater spy cables secret, these three ships have been masking their locations, known in the shipping industry as “going dark,” according to the two Navy sources
Inside the Subsea Cable Firm Secretly Helping America Take on China
analysis of satellite imagery and ship tracking data.The new super-fast internet link to Diego Garcia, which has not previously been reported, will boost U.S. military readiness in the Indian Ocean, a region where China has expanded its naval influence over the last decade.The CS Dependable is owned by SubCom, a small-town New Jersey cable manufacturer that’s playing an outsized role in a race between the United States and China to control advanced military and digital technologies that could decide which country emerges as the world’s preeminent superpower.SubCom, a company born out of a
Trends in Marine Services for Subsea Telecoms
The market for marine services in support of the installation and maintenance of undersea telecommunications cables has matured over a period of more than 100 years to reach its present state of development. The largest providers of marine services (companies such as the Global Marine Group, SubCom, Alcatel Submarine Networks and Orange Marine) take different approaches to operations, but provide a mature and assured set of services that play a critical role in the industry. Marine services support the suppliers of undersea cable systems (delivering 50,000 to 150,000 km per year) with various survey
New Undersea Cable to Link Iceland to Europe
A new high-speed undersea cable system will soon connect Iceland and Ireland, improving the diversity of adequate connections to support the continued growth of Iceland’s modern community and international business environment.SubCom and Farice ehf today announced that a contract is in force to supply and install the cable system, which is expected to be ready for service by the end of 2022.Farice is an international connectivity provider fully owned by the Icelandic Government which currently owns and operates two submarine cable systems that connect Iceland to Europe – FARICE-1 and DANICE.
Manatua Consortium Approves Cable Lay
the Cook Islands, Telecom Niue Limited (TNL) in Niue, and Samoa Submarine Cable Company (SSCC), in the Independent State of Samoa, met in Apia this week to approve detailed installation plans.The cable is already in the region following manufacture in New Hampshire, USA by submarine cable industry leader SubCom, who was successful in the extensive supplier selection process held in 2018. Transfer of the 3700km cable from the delivery freighter Thorco Liva onto specialist cable laying vessel SubCom Reliance is currently underway. Cable lay operations will commence in Samoa in November, Niue and
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