Subsea Cable

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announces that seven additional service providers have signed agreements to provide the Iridium Certus service for maritime applications.

Intellian, a world leading provider of satellite communication antenna systems, is showcasing its new 85cm Ku- to Ka-band convertible maritime VSAT antenna, the v85NX, at Posidonia in Athens, Greece.

TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company (NYSE: TEL) and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announces that a contract is in force to construct the ICN2 submarine cable project for Interchange Limited, a Vanuatu-based consortium.

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has formally approved Inmarsat’s ‘Fleet Safety’ solution as a new service to support the Global Maritime Distress & Safety System (GMDSS).

Iridium Communications Inc. announces that the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) agreed to recognize that the Iridium network meets all the criteria of the IMO needed to provide mobile satellite services in the GMDSS, and to adopt the “Statement of Recognition” proposed by the United States as a Committee Resolution.

NEC Corporation announces the successful transmission tests that took place over a commercial subsea cable measuring more than 10,000 kilometers using artificial intelligence (AI) and probabilistic shaping at a modulation of 64QAM.

TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announces the introduction of its Ocean Control suite.

EdgeConneX®, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, announces that Seaborn Networks ("Seaborn"), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, has selected its Buenos Aires Edge Data Center Edge Data Cener® (EDC) as the Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Argentina for Seaborn's ARBR submarine cable.

TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, has announced that the final splice of the Hawaiki Submarine Cable has been made and the system is on schedule to be in service in June 2018.

The International Trade Commission has determined not to review the decision of the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) in the section 337 (Tariff Act of 1930) investigation of certain subsea telecommunications systems and their components.

The Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) has purchased XKL DarkStar transponder and mux/demux systems from XKL LLC, providing a protected connection between two of their strategic data center locations in London. The interconnection is a critical component of a subsea cable network linking London to Cape Town.

The International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) celebrated its 60_th anniversary Plenary meeting by highlighting the three themes it is addressing to ensure that subsea cables continue to provide reliable long-term socioeconomic benefits to global communities.