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French telecoms provider Orange has partnered with SETAR, a full service telco on the island of Aruba, to implement a project which will connect the Caribbean with high speed internet services.

Australia yesterday launched a new $18 million cable connectivity and resilience centre to help undersea cable networks in the Indo-Pacific area.

Traditional cable TV has been in the limelight for quite some time before streaming services took their place. According to Statista, the number of households with pay TV declined from 100.5 million to around 65 million within eight years (2014-2022). Unfortunately, this big of a number hasn’t risen in the past years because of the rise of both on-demand and live TV streaming services (which has been a popular option for younger individuals, by the way).

Data from 5,603 mobile data plans in 237 countries between 5 July 2023 and 6 September 2023 showed that Israel has the cheapest mobile data plans in the world with 1GB of data costing an average of US$0.02, according to Cable.co.uk.

Remember those old days with antennas, cable boxes, and jumbled signals? The thought of gaining immediate access to any TV show or movie at a moment's notice was only wishful thinking. But then, streaming services emerged, turning this daydream into a reality. We're no longer tied down by the random broadcast schedules of TV networks or the operating hours of local movie theatres.

Australian specialist fibre and network solutions provider Vocus has upgraded its Melbourne to Adelaide cable route to 800Gbps technology with services available up to 400Gbps for customers.

An analysis of over 1.1 billion broadband speed tests has revealed that the UK ranks globally at 35th place with an average speed of 72.06Mbps, according to research designed and compiled by broadband, TV, and mobile price comparison research firm Cable.

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.