Subsea Cable

exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, announces that its exactTrax™ small vessel monitoring technology is now incorporated into Alltek Marine Electronic Corp’s (AMEC) AIS Tracking Beacon (TB560).

New Jersey Fiber Exchange (NJFX), the first and only colocation campus to sit at a cable landing station in the U.S and offers Tier 3, carrier neutral data center capabilities, announces its urgent work with major carriers to expedite installation of infrastructure to support a major connectivity hub in jeopardy from Hurricane Irma related power outages.

Inmarsat has showcased its new Fleet Secure service at London International Shipping Week. Fleet Secure is the maritime industry’s first and only fully-managed service to detect vulnerabilities, respond to threats and protect ships from widespread cyberattack. Fleet Secure will be commercially launched as a standard option on Inmarsat’s award-winning Fleet Xpress service.

Seaborn Networks announced that its Seabras-1 subsea cable system is ready for operations. Seaborn's Seabras-1 is a new 6-fiber pair, 72-Tbps submarine cable system that is the first and only direct point-to-point system between São Paulo (Brazil) and New York (US).

Vocus confirmed that the build of its Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) is scheduled to be delivered ahead of schedule. The ASC was originally scheduled to be delivered in September 2018 but the company confirmed that the build has less than 12 months to go with a targeted go live date of July 2018.

Speedcast International Limited and Danaos Peripherals announced a strategic alliance agreement under which the two companies will combine maritime communications with advanced application management developed by Danaos.

KT SAT has signed a partnership agreement with Hun’s Corporation, a Japanese ship network supplier, for distribution of MVSAT (Maritime VSAT) in the Japanese market. KT SAT’s MVSAT will enable seamless global communication for vessels owned by Japanese shipping companies, starting in September.

Speedcast International Limited announced that the company has been selected by UK-based Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to provide end-to-end communication services for voice and data on board its fleet of four cruise ships.

Hawaiian Telcom announced that the historic $250 million Southeast Asia – United States (SEA-US) undersea fiber cable system is complete and ready for commercial service. Hawaiian Telcom is a part-owner and operator of the ultra-long-haul submarine fiber system connecting Indonesia, the Philippines, Guam, Hawai‘i and California.

Angola Cables took a step closer to completion of the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) at an official launch in Sangano, Angola. SACS is the first direct link between Africa and South America. The installation of the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) – a subsea cable with 40 Tbps of capacity that will extend more than 6,500 km to Fortaleza, Brazil – began on the Angolan coast in the municipality of Quissama. The SACS system is being constructed by NEC Corporation.

Intelsat S.A. announced that Brazil’s Mareste Equipamentos e Serviços de Telecomunicação Ltda. will use Intelsat satellite services to deliver communications solutions for maritime customers.

Global Marine Group (GMG) has successfully completed a remedial cable burial project for Prinses Amaliawindpark (PAWP), a wind farm off the Netherlands’ West Coast. PAWP covers an area of around 14km2 and comprises of 60 wind turbines that are connected by eight in-field cable strings that converge at the central offshore high voltage station.