(Bloomberg) — Damage to an undersea cable off the African coast is exacerbating disruptions of internet services to the continent, impacting customers on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. Efforts to repair the South Africa Far East cable, which links Mauritius and La Reunion to South Africa, India and Malaysia, have been put in motion, said …
The Chief Executive Officer of West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC), Mr. Chris Wood has shared strategies that could prevent future internet disruption in Nigeria in case of another undersea cable damage incident. Speaking during a virtual conference on Monday against the backdrop of the recent damage to 4 undersea cables, Wood said the best …
The News Undersea cable companies that extend internet services to West and Central Africa estimate that it could take five weeks to repair damages to their facilities noticed last week. Widespread internet outages in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire were reported on Mar. 14, making many websites unavailable and disrupting online banking operations. Some …
Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link. PC: University of Hawaiʻi The University of Hawaiʻi and Ocean Networks, Inc. announced a $120 million, public-private partnership to construct a submarine optical fiber cable system that is aimed at connecting the Hawaiian Islands and improving and expanding high-speed broadband internet throughout the state. The project, the Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link, is a key component of Connect Kākou, the state’s …
Google, Desarrollo País of Chile, and the Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT), have announced Humboldt, a subsea cable route linking Australia, French Polynesia, and Chile, strengthening the reliability and resilience of digital connectivity across the Pacific. The network protocols driving the Internet work on routing packets of data through many interconnected paths …