Subsea Cable

Statoil has awarded a contract to Alcatel Submarine Networks for Permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) on the Johan Sverdrup field. The seismic technology – a potential digital enabler for the field – will be a key contributor to delivering on Johan Sverdrup’s 70 percent recovery ambition.

Dutch ship owner De Poli Tankers BV has extended its contract with Marlink, securing high-bandwidth global communication using the Sealink Plus service for its fleet of eight chemical tankers and two gas tankers. De Poli Tankers’ in-house ITC company, Maritime Performances BV, chose to retain the Sealink Plus service for the future as it combines high-bandwidth VSAT with unlimited L-band back-up in a single easy to manage bundle.

Alphabet Inc. (Google) and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company (NYSE: TEL) and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, have announced that SubCom has been awarded the Curie Submarine Cable system contract. The system will add dedicated capacity to Google’s global network, enabling interconnection to other infrastructure in the region.

TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Company (NYSE: TEL) and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, with a consortium including Aqua Comms, Bulk Infrastructure, Facebook, and others, announces that a contract has been signed with TE SubCom as the system supplier for the HAFVRUE cable system.

Global Marine, a market leader in subsea fibre optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecoms and oil & gas sectors and part of the Global Marine Group (GMG), announces that its maintenance contract with SEAIOCMA (South East Asia and Indian Ocean Cable Maintenance Agreement) has been extended for five-years, running to the end of 2022.

Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has been awarded a contract worth more than €150 million by the Filipino grid operating company NGCP (National Grid Corporation of the Philippines) for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of two submarine power cable connections between the islands of Cebu and Negros in the Philippines.

Djibouti Telecom and its partners announces that the supply contract for the Djibouti Africa Regional Express (DARE) submarine cable system has come into force, with TE SubCom as supplier.

NJFX, the first and only colocation campus to sit at a cable landing station in the U.S and offer Tier 3, carrier neutral data center capabilities, announces the hire of two industry professionals to address its growing ecosystem and rapid expansion.

Sunshine Coast Council has announced expressions of interest for a new international broadband network to be constructed by 2020.

Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC; Republic of Palau) and NEC Corporation announced that the construction of a new submarine cable linking the Republic of Palau has been completed and is now ready for commercial service.

KVH Industries, Inc., announced that it has concluded arrangements with SKY Perfect JSAT (SJC) to work together in delivering next-generation maritime broadband services.

Algar Telecom (Brazil), Angola Cables (Angola), Antel (Uruguay), Google and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company (NYSE: TEL) and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, today announced that the Monet Cable System (“Monet”) has reached Ready for Service status.