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It's all over the news - Tasmania is experiencing severe Internet problems via fixed and mobile internet, and while the island state isn't completely cut off, there are definitely major issues.

Belkin's focus on continued highest quality standards and certifications continues Belkin’s industry leadership in HDMI, as recognised by the HDMI Forum with the new certification - making these next-gen console, 4K, 8K, HDR, Dolby Vision ready - and more!

New Zealand cable company Hawaiki Cable has carried out an upgrade to its Oregon point-of-interconnect deploying Ciena’s GeoMesh submarine network solution that uses Waveserver Ai stackable interconnect platform to create a more cost-effective link from Hawaii.

Optus is implementing a range of business measures to support its customers and the community as it navigates through “significant uncertainty“ resulting from the evolving COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation.

The Vocus Group telecommunications company has entered a contract with the Barossa Joint Venture to build, operate and own a high-capacity submarine fibre optic network for the proposed Barossa offshore gas project in the Bonaparte Basin, to the north of Darwin.

A Sunshine Coast family-based business, Auscom, has been awarded a $1 million contract to provide a key part of the International Broadband Submarine Cable Network.

Installation of the INDIGO Central subsea cable is due to be completed in early December, and will provide a “new and unique” subsea communications link between Sydney and Perth.

A new international submarine cable contract has been agreed between Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Council and telecoms network operations company RTI-C Connectivity, with claims the cable will deliver Australia’s fastest telecommunications connection to Asia and second fastest to the US.

Independent telecommunications challenger, Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP, today commenced commercial operations for its 15,000km fibre optic deep-sea cable linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and United States.

Fibre and cable networks are "dominating the global broadband market, with the technologies now servicing 77% of fixed subscriptions", according to new figures.

Telstra has gone all out to secure the loyalty of its half a million cable customers on their standard cable speed tier, giving them — at no additional cost — a boost in maximum download speeds from 30Mbps to a maximum of 50Mbps.

At the PTC conference today in Hawaii, Telstra announced that it "entered into agreements to invest in two new international subsea cable systems that will connect Hong Kong and the west coast of the United States".

The cause of the December 2015 failure of the Basslink cable has finally been identified, with two experts saying it happened because Basslink Pty Ltd exceeded its design limit.

Vocus Communications has officially launched the submarine cable between Australia and Singapore in Indonesia with partner company XL Axiata.

An Optus transmission cable that was cut in Melbourne on Monday was restored last night, the company said today.

NBN Co, the company building Australia's national broadband network, is launching a campaign to answer what it calls "the nation's top questions" about the NBN.

NEC has "finished construction of the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) Submarine Cable connecting Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore."

Equinix international business exchange (IBX) data centres in Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore and Indonesia have been selected by Trident Subsea Cable for the cable’s Points-of-Presence (PoPs) in the Asia-Pacific region.

Nokia Bell Labs’ XG-CABLE proof-of-concept has demonstrated the feasibility of 10 Gbps Full Duplex DOCSIS 3.1 laid out by CableLabs on traditional HFC cable - do you feel the need for speed?

Prysmian says its ‘P-Laser 525 kV is the first fully recyclable environmentally friendly HVDC cable’ offering ‘increased power transmission capacity and lower system costs by more than 10%’