Lightstorm secures $262m in funding for India-Malaysia-Singapore subsea cable
Cable's RFS estimated to be Q4 2029
News - The Telecoms & Connectivity Channel, Jason Ma, DCD
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Timor-Leste launches commercial operations of first international subsea cable
Country no longer solely reliant on satellite-based systems
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Google and Meta’s Echo subsea cable lands in Singapore
Cable now stretches from Singapore to California
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Management simulator game Fibre Tycoon lets you play as UK fiber developer
Players borrow, spend, and build to build a fiber network
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China to launch new cable laying vessel next month, Global Marine Group commissions new vessel
Will debut in 2026 and 2029 respectively
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South Korea announces cable landing station for 8,900km AUG East subsea cable
Construction to begin in January 2027
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Malaysia's Global Telecommunications Group buys 36-acre parcel for 210MW data center in Selangor, Malaysia
Parcel located in planned industrial and residential development
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Japan's IPS planning $141m cable landing station in Wakayama, near Osaka
Branch of Indonesia-Japan cable could land at station
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South Korea announces $919bn investment into three “mega projects,” plans to build 18.4GW worth of data centers by 2035
Ambitious plan aims to put the country at the forefront of the AI race
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New Baltic Sea subsea cable planned
Amber Cable project in very early stages
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Subsea cable firm FLAG set to launch Chennai-Singapore route
Will enter commercial service this month
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UK’s EE set to expand 5G+ network
Will extend the service to the UK's summer events
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Dutch police arrest pair accused of violating Russia sanctions, raids two data centers
The two men allegedly provided hosting services for Russian cybercriminals
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Internet outages spike in Q1 2026, says Cloudflare
Iran War largely to blame
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Hot air balloon strikes radio tower in Texas
Two individuals rescued safely; no disruption caused
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Drop in government-directed shutdowns for Q4 2025 - Cloudflare
But countries still saw disruption from cyclones, cable cuts, and war
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Indigo West subsea cable undergoing repairs
Second fault discovered after first is fixed
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Private equity firm Cerberus reinvigorates delayed Singapore-India-Gulf subsea cable project
Set to be operational in 2030
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Communications tower in Kursk, Russia, destroyed by Ukrainian military partisan movement Atesh
More Russian infrastructure gets targeted
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Communications in Venezuela impacted by US military operation
Power cuts and a damaged signal antenna accompanied Saturday's airstrikes
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Government-directed Internet shutdowns hit Sudan, Syria, Iraq, and more in Q3 - Cloudflare
Causes of Internet disruption also include damage to fiber optic cables and power outages
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MoU signed for subsea cable stretching from Singapore to Manado, Indonesia
Will have branching routes to North Asia, the US, and other Indonesian cities
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FirstLight to provide fiber for former Air Force Base-turned data center park
Will rely on existing network
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Lack of fiber availability delaying UK data center projects - report
82 percent of UK data center operators reported delays due to fiber availability
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New Zealand's EonFibre debuts data center connectivity offering
Dark fiber, wavelength, and Ethernet available
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US Secret Service dismantles SIM card network in New York following threats to senior officials
300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards discovered
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Singapore's Keppel inks agreement with Dell, data centers mentioned
Agreement signed with Keppel's connectivity division
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Two submarine cables to land in Iraq
Means the nation will be connected to six cables