Subsea Cable

Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, have secured three important projects to provide new cable connections for offshore wind farms in France.

Thuraya’s upcoming VSAT service and its Marinecomms product portfolio are both on display for the first time at SMM Hamburg, the world’s leading trade fair for the maritime industry.

After receiving certification for its first Iridium CertusSM terminal in August, Cobham SATCOM has shipped its first SAILOR 4300 L-band systems, ensuring that maritime early adopters of Iridium’s next generation multi-service platform, powered by the $3 billion Iridium® NEXT Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation are ready for the commercial service introduction planned for 2018.

Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, have announced that they have signed a contract for the provision of backup Network Operations Center (B-NOC) services for the Hawaiki cable system from TE SubCom’s Eatontown, NJ, USA headquarters.

Global Marine, a market leader in subsea fiber optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecoms and oil & gas sectors, and part of the Global Marine Group, announces the successful completion of two fiber optic cable installations, bringing vital high speed connectivity to two UK North Sea and two Norwegian Sector oil & gas platforms.

Huawei Marine and Megacable announces that work is underway on marine survey for the Topolobambo – La Paz project. The submarine cable system will provide more stable and low-latency communication for La Paz, Mexico’s second largest tourist destination.

Marlink has signed an agreement with Transmetrics to establish a strategic business partnership aimed at predictive logistics optimization for maritime customers.

ITC Global, a leading provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, announces that it has signed a three-year contract extension with Shelf Drilling, Ltd., for continued service and expanded crew welfare capabilities for its fleet of 39 jack-up drilling rigs in 11 countries.

Tampnet, a global leader in providing high-capacity, low-latency based telecommunication infrastructure and services for the offshore oil and gas industry, announced the completion of the 4G LTE network coverage program that has been ongoing for the past two years.

NSW, a subsidiary of General Cable which recently became part of Prysmian Group, has been awarded a contract by Northwester NV for the development of a submarine inter-array power cable system for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm, located in the Belgian North Sea, approximately 50 km north-west of Oostende.

TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, has announced that Google has selected the company as the supplier of its Dunant submarine cable system. The four-fiber pair cable system will span over 6,400km and will connect the East Coast of the United States to Europe. The cable will add dedicated capacity to Google’s global network and will enable interconnection to other subsea infrastructure in the region.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a Government of India Enterprise, and NEC Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (NECTI) announces that a purchase order has been placed by BSNL for NECTI to design, engineer, supply, install, test and implement an optical submarine cable system connecting Chennai and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N Islands). NEC Corporation the parent company of NECTI, will manufacture the optical submarine cable and provide technical assistance during the turnkey implementation.