In the latest edition of Westwood’s Subsea Cable Tracker H1 report, global subsea cable demand is forecast to grow at a 17% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), totaling 46,470 km over the 2018-2022 period. This represents a 71% growth compared to the 2013-2017 period.
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Xtera® announces completion of the final splice and marine operations on the Guantanamo – Puerto Rico submarine cable system for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The marine installation for the project was successfully performed by International Telecom’s cable ship the IT Intrepid.
A world-first optical fiber as fine as a human hair has been developed, which can transmit 1.2 petabit of data per second (Pbps). The dramatic improvement in speed was enabled by a coupler developed by scientists from the Macquarie University Photonics Research Centre, a fiber jointly developed by Hokkaido University and Fujikura Ltd and the transmission system developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Japan (NICT).
Inmarsat has introduced two new components to its maritime cyber security service, Fleet Secure, as it continues to develop solutions that combat ever-increasing cyber threats faced by ship owners and ship managers.
Inmarsat's new Fleet Safety service has been named Best Safety Service of the Year in the prestigious IHS Safety at Sea Awards 2018 by a judging panel of recognized authorities in ship ownership, insurance, crewing and training.
Intellian has been awarded a contract by SPAWAR to deliver its new SPL100 antenna system to the U.S. Navy. The SPL100 antenna is a unique combined Ka- and L-band antenna system designed to provide the U.S. Navy with sustained information warfare capabilities.
Not for the first time – nor, one sadly suspects, the last – today’s innovators, policy-makers and citizenry alike are picking up the bill for the interrelated naïveté and short-termism of previous generations. Among the most sobering truths which have permeated the collective consciousness in the 21st century is the fact that our oceans have become overly polluted with plastic.
Intelsat S.A., operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, announces that APT Mobile Satcom Ltd. (APSATCOM) will become the first maritime solution partner to offer, in China, IntelsatOne Flex for Maritime services. This agreement will deliver a seamless global maritime network forAPSATCOM’s customers, providing unparalleled throughput, improved economics, and easier access to broadband services.
Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract, worth €125 million, for an interconnection between the island of Crete and mainland Greece (Peloponnese region). The project was awarded by IPTO (Independent Power Transmission Operator), which operates the transmission system for Greece’s power grid.
GTMaritime, a maritime communication specialist, is celebrating 20 years of delivering essential maritime communications with excellence. Since 1998 GTMaritime has been providing a range of technology solutions to the maritime industry that serve to enable effective communications over satellite.