A new cable between New York, New York, USA and Sao Paulo, Brazil, is almost ready. The SeaBras-1 cable has completed its final splice milestone, with the sub-sea elements completed…
AAE-1 now in service links Asia, Africa and Europe
AAE-1 is the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 consortium that manages the largest cable system launched this decade. It provides links to the major regions. The cable will offer a minimum design capacity of…
SAIL set in the South Atlantic to link Brazil and Cameroon
Submarine Networks reports that Huawei Marine has signed contracts in Shanghai with China Unicom and Camtel to deliver the South Atlantic Inter-Link. China Unicom do Brasil, China Unicom and Camtel…
GTT reaches for the stars with Perseus acquisition
GTT has announced it is acquiring Perseus, who own a high-speed network covering the Americas, Europe, South Africa, and major hubs in Asia. This will add major routes to GTT's…
IOX cable links India and South Africa
IOX has started surveying a new route with Alcatel to link India and South Africa. IOX (Indian Ocean eXchange) will also connect the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues as waypoints on…
SD-WAN: What are the business benefits?
What are the business benefits of SD-WAN deployment? SD-WAN stands for a Software-Defined Wide Area Network. It simplifies network management. It reduces the cost of the network infrastructure. It provides…
Comcast embarks on Enterprise SD-WAN journey
Comcast is embarking on an SD-WAN journey using Versa Networks to provide for their enterprise customers. They announced their SD-WAN beta for mid-market and enterprise customers at Interop ITX. "Our…
Aquantia deliver workstation mGig (Multi-Gigabit Ethernet)
As part of the roll-out of mGig (IEEE 802.11bz), Aquantia have launched network interface cards for the workstation market. These offer 2.5Gb/s and 5Gb/s connections using existing cables. (See Multi-Gigabit…