Subsea Cable Damage Cuts Internet to Islands Off Africa Coast
by gCaptain
gCaptain— (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
TechCentral—Africa hit by another subsea cable cut. Damage to an undersea cable off the African coast is exacerbating disruptions of internet services to the continent.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Google to fund $1 billion for internet subsea cables. Plans to construct several new fiber-optic internet subsea cables that will improve Hawaii’s internet reliability and connectivity were announced Tuesday by Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and Benji Robinson, director of Asia Pacific network planning and acquisition for Google.
Bloomberg—Mauritius Telecom in Talks for Subsea Cable to Link Africa, Asia. Mauritius’ top telecommunications company is in talks with operators including Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. and Orange SA for a new undersea cable linking Africa, Indian Ocean islands and Asia, improving redundancy in region hit by breakdowns.