Subsea Cable

Inmarsat has signed a five-year contract with Hapag-Lloyd to migrate all ships directly managed by the shipping line to services enabled for Fleet Xpress.

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. has signed a multi-year strategic partnership agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) to enhance Internet and entertainment services across its Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) brand’s fleet of 14 ships.

Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress has been specified by Hong Kong-based Fleet Management Limited, one of global shipping’s largest independent third-party ship managers.

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. is unveiling its new Airtime Portal for cruise ships at Seatrade Cruise Global 2017.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded two new contracts for offshore wind farms in Germany (Merkur OWF) and Denmark (Horns Rev 3 OWF).

KVH Industries, Inc., announces that Pacific Basin Shipping Limited has completed the deployment of KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband solution to support Pacific Basin’s initiative to modernize ship-shore communications on their entire fleet of owned ships. Pacific Basin is one of the world’s leading owners and operators of modern Handysize and Supramax dry bulk ships.

Angola Cables has selected Ciena’s^® GeoMesh and Blue Planet solutions to support its new service launch on the MONET subsea cable. This 10,556 km route will provide more than 25 Tb/s of traffic on Angola Cables’ network between the U.S. and Latin America’s major business hub of São Paulo, Brazil.

Transas has signed a partnership agreement with Satcom Global to add integrated connectivity to THESIS, its unified platform for digital operations on ships and in shore-based offices. Satcom Global is an established provider of global satellite services to the maritime industry.

The Government of Samoa, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, and the Government of Australia launched the Savai’i component of the new $57.4 million submarine cable system, which will deliver affordable high-speed Internet access to Samoa.

Inmarsat has signed a service and installation agreement with Radio Holland to support strong customer demand for rapid migration from Ku-based XpressLink to Fleet Xpress services. Radio Holland is a specialist in installing and maintaining maritime communications, navigation and automation systems along the global shipping routes.

Coriant announced that PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom) has deployed Coriant’s coherent optical transport and universal switching technology as part of a nationwide upgrade to its fiber-based backbone network.

H.I.G. Capital, a leading global private equity investment firm with over €20 billion of equity capital under management, announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Xtera Communications, Inc., a provider of innovative and bespoke subsea fiber optic solutions. H.I.G. previously provided debtor-in-possession financing to the Xtera debtors in connection with the chapter 11 case.