How sabotage on undersea cables affects our digital world
Most of the world's data travels via ocean cables, which are at risk of frequent sabotage. DW explains where they lie and how they are protected.
The Street Journal1d
Submarine cables: Achilles heel of our digital world
A spate of sabotage attacks on underwater cables, allegedly perpetrated by a Russian "shadow fleet", have shown global telecommunications infrastructure is poorly protected against deliberate acts of ...
Japan fighting uphill battle in protecting web of undersea cables
Japan is belatedly addressing an issue described as critically urgent: how to protect undersea cables used for internet ...
Zawya6d
Ooredoo Group to build one of the largest international submarine cables in GCC connecting seven countries
Fibre in Gulf (FIG) submarine cable is a strategic initiative to significantly enhance regional connectivity and solidify ...
Qatar's Ooredoo to lay 'strategic' Gulf data cable, CEO says
Ooredoo Group CEO Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo called the cable "strategic" as it would connect Gulf Arab states with "the lowest latency, highest capacity cable in the region".
Total Telecom1d
From the bully pulpit: FCC’s Carr could strongarm allies over new subsea cable regulation
The FCC has already revoked the International 214 licences of some Chinese carriers operating in the US, including China ...
AGBI on MSN5d
Ooredoo to build high-speed data network for GCC
Qatari telelcoms company Ooredoo Group has signed an agreement with French company Alcatel Submarine Networks to build a new ...
Energy Global2d
OMSI appointed to lead submarine cable installations in the Caribbean
Offshore Marine Subsea International (OMSI), a UK-based company specialising in subsea services and a subsidiary of Offshore ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN6d
World’s largest heavy-lift sea vessel with 5,000 ton crane being built in Japan
Set to be the largest of their kind, Japan’s new heavy lift and cable laying vessels are meant to boost offshore wind ...