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Illustrative digital painting of a low, windowless concrete cable-landing blockhouse on pale Mediterranean limestone, with two dark cable conduits crossing a plain stone apron into the sea and a flat, featureless coastal plain receding behind it into late-afternoon haze.

Africa National Telecom

Libya's self-declared gateway operator does not appear in the measured record of the country's 2025 shutdown

The Libyan International Telecommunication Company presents itself as Libya's single international gateway. The independent measurement of 16 May 2025 names four Libyan access networks — none of them the gateway, and one of them under a name that matches no corporate identity the…

Sep 25, 2026
A cutaway subsea cable with paired luminous fibre cores rests on the seabed between a cable-laying ship and separate shore facilities that are not yet operating as one route.

CASE FILE

Petal’s petabit is a design envelope, not yet a delivered route

Petal matters because its two-core fibre design could materially change the density of transatlantic systems. But the most useful reading of its 1 Pbps label begins by refusing to treat a future engineering ceiling as present network capacity.

Sep 24, 2026
Editorial concept of blank optical-fiber reels, an unfinished bridge and a distant submarine route, not depicting a real Lightera facility

Global Institutional Trends

Lightera’s Subsea Fiber Expansion Still Needs a Demand Bridge

Lightera plans to nearly triple submarine optical-fiber manufacturing capacity by 2029. The commercial test is whether early demand visibility becomes qualified programmes, contracted volume, plant utilisation and durable cash returns.

Sep 23, 2026
A translucent proposed power-feed shelter stands by a coastal airport while surveyed ground and separated cable paths show that approval and construction remain unfinished.

North America Cloud Services Trends

Fastnet’s Tiny Maryland Power Building Still Faces a Long Approval Chain

Amazon has reduced the proposed shore facility for its U.S.–Ireland Fastnet cable to a power-feed building of less than 700 square feet, with no water connection and limited power demand. The smaller design answers part of Worcester County’s concern about infrastructure…

Sep 19, 2026
Editorial illustration of EXA Meridian connecting New Jersey and Brean across the Atlantic with a subsea cable-laying vessel

Global National Telecom Trends

EXA unveils Meridian transatlantic cable

EXA's 6,552km Meridian system is due in Q4 2029 with 24 fibre pairs and more than 500Tbps of design capacity.

Sep 17, 2026
Editorial illustration showing a proposed subsea cable route between Thailand and the United States, with possible Southeast Asian connections

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

USTDA backs Thailand-US subsea cable study

USTDA is funding feasibility work for National Telecom's proposed THUS cable, which would avoid the South China Sea and could connect five other Southeast Asian markets.

Sep 16, 2026
A Washington coast cable landing station has four receiving paths, but only one contains an installed and illuminated subsea cable.

North America Institutional Trends

Toptana has room for four cable systems—and one named anchor

Toptana Technologies has broken ground on a Washington cable landing station designed to receive as many as four subsea systems. The design creates room for a business; it does not prove that four customers, four commissioned cables or four revenue streams exist. For now, only…

Sep 15, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration showing US and Indian flags above a subsea cable, repair vessel and network map representing bilateral cable-security cooperation

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

US and India add undersea-cable security to TRUST

A September workshop put cable resilience and supplier security inside the TRUST framework, but no new route, budget or construction timetable has been announced.

Sep 15, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a submarine cable landing in Batam, with a cable ship, offshore buoy, shore crew and nearby digital infrastructure

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

XLSMART marks Batam landing for CANDLE cable

CANDLE has reached Batam, but its value to local data centres will depend on how the landing connects into terrestrial networks and commercial services.

Sep 14, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of the planned Vietnam-Thailand-Singapore submarine cable linking Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore across Southeast Asia.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

VTS cable target shifts to 2030 as Gulf joins

Gulf Development has joined Singtel in the VTS cable project, which now targets 2030 for service after an earlier plan pointed to 2027.

Sep 14, 2026
Submarine cable infrastructure linking Thailand and Singapore, illustrating Gulf Development and Singtel’s participation in the VTS cable system.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Gulf joins Singtel on VTS subsea cable

Gulf and Singtel will develop the VTS subsea link between Thailand and Singapore, with service targeted for 2030.

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated illustration of the planned LuLu cable route along Kenya's coast, showing Mombasa, Vipingo, Kilifi, Malindi and Lamu.

Africa National Telecom Trends

LuLu cable plans five Kenyan landings

LuLu is planned as a 500km coastal cable linking five locations between Mombasa and Lamu, with service targeted for 2028.

Sep 11, 2026
Editorial illustration of a neutral island internet exchange facility in Hawaii with physical fiber paths and separate abstract routing-visibility lines.

History

Hawaii Internet Exchange: What Public Routing Records Cannot Yet Prove

Hawaii Internet Exchange: What Public Routing Records Cannot Yet Prove intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may follow.…

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of Angola Cables subsea routes connecting Africa with local TelCables cloud and AI infrastructure in Nigeria

Africa Regional ISP

Angola Cables links subsea network to local cloud services

Angola Cables is pairing its subsea network with local cloud and AI infrastructure, including two TelCables cloud nodes in Nigeria.

Sep 8, 2026
Editorial illustration of Telxius's Cancún landing gateway with a map showing the planned Tikal submarine cable between Guatemala, Mexico and Florida

North America National Telecom Trends

Telxius opens Cancún landing gateway

The new facility is already connected to Telxius's backbone and is due to host the Tikal submarine cable in 2027.

Sep 8, 2026
Illustration of Telecom Egypt’s planned 5Pbps subsea cable route between Sharm El Sheikh and Taba in the Red Sea

Africa National Telecom Trends

Telecom Egypt signs 5Pbps Sharm–Taba cable deal

The planned 200km cable will extend Telecom Egypt's Red Sea network to Taba, adding another route for traffic crossing Egypt between the Red Sea and Mediterranean.

Sep 8, 2026
Editorial illustration of the Australia-Singapore Cable route showing a fault between Anyer and Singapore and internet traffic being rerouted

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Vocus pinpoints Australia-Singapore Cable break

Vocus has located the ASC break in Indonesian waters while internet traffic continues over alternative routes.

Sep 8, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration showing an Indonesia forest fire, the INDIGO-West submarine cable and elevated network latency

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

GeoCables flags INDIGO-West latency during Indonesia fire

GeoCables reported higher latency on INDIGO-West during an Indonesian forest fire, but found no evidence of a confirmed subsea cable break.

Sep 8, 2026
A cutaway submarine cable carries a reserved band of light toward a transparent commissioning gate while landing stations remain under construction.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Firmus's US$300m APX East Commitment Is Capacity Before Service

Firmus has attached a large number to a cable that does not yet carry traffic: approximately US$300 million for up to 150 Tbps over 25 years. The agreement may be an important underwriting signal for APX East and a rational way for an AI-infrastructure operator to reserve a…

Sep 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of subsea fibre cables running from the Irish coast towards a cable-laying vessel, with an Ireland-UK route map

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends

EXA, euNetworks file plans for Ireland-UK subsea cables

EXA and euNetworks have filed separate applications for new Irish Sea fibre cables, with both projects still at the regulatory stage.

Sep 7, 2026