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East Africa undersea cable goes live

East Africa undersea cable goes live

Seacom fibre-optic network boosts internet access across Africa.
Staff Writers Jul 25 2009, 9:45AM Collaboration
Basslink confirms capacity switch-on by end of June

Basslink confirms capacity switch-on by end of June

Customer activations on the Basslink submarine cable connecting Tasmania to the mainland could begin as early as in the next fortnight.
Ry Crozier Jun 11 2009, 1:45PM Collaboration
Telstra upgrading to 100Mbps cable in Melbourne

Telstra upgrading to 100Mbps cable in Melbourne

Telstra has shrugged off its exclusion from the National Broadband Network to invest $300 million upgrading its cable network.
Brett Winterford Mar 10 2009, 1:08PM Collaboration
PIPE formalises Sydney-Guam fibre funding

PIPE formalises Sydney-Guam fibre funding

PIPE Networks will restart its Sydney to Guam submarine cable project after formalising alternative finance.
Staff Writers Feb 7 2009, 8:26AM Collaboration
Internode upgrades capital city bandwidth links

Internode upgrades capital city bandwidth links

Internode is quadrupling the capacity of its bandwidth linking Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide up to multiple 10Gb/s links.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2009, 8:28AM Mobility
Southern Cross Cable to quadruple traffic capacity

Southern Cross Cable to quadruple traffic capacity

The Southern Cross Cable, Australia's highest-capacity submarine internet cable, will be undergoing upgrades which promise to quadruple its capacity.
Dylan Bushell-Embling Jul 12 2008, 9:56AM Collaboration
Asia Pacific's submarine cable boom could burst

Asia Pacific's submarine cable boom could burst

The last two years have seen a burst of new submarine cable investment in the Asian-Pacific region - the only region seeing new inter-continental cables being laid. However there is a potential for the bubble to burst if the wrong decisions are taken over the next two years.
Lilia Guan Jun 26 2008, 3:17PM Collaboration
Two held over undersea cable damage

Two held over undersea cable damage

Two ships have been impounded in Dubai after satellite images indicated that they may have been responsible for the damage to undersea cables which left large parts of the Middle East without proper internet access.
Iain Thomson Apr 15 2008, 6:50AM Security
NTT joins Trans-Pacific cable consortium

NTT joins Trans-Pacific cable consortium

Asia-Pacific/US link gets another player.NTT Communications has signed a construction and maintenance agreement with the consortium building the Trans-Pacific Express Cable Network.
a Staff Writer Mar 28 2008, 7:42AM Collaboration
Submarine cable to link US and Japan

Submarine cable to link US and Japan

A consortium of six international companies, including Google, is to build an ultra high-speed submarine fibre optic cable system linking the US and Japan.

a Staff Writer Feb 29 2008, 7:35AM Collaboration
Southern Cross reaping benefits of parent company's undersea cable

Southern Cross reaping benefits of parent company's undersea cable

Verizon Business has obtained final approval from the Federal Communications Commission to activate and operate the Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable system in the US that will link to Asia Pacific.
Lilia Guan Jan 15 2008, 2:36PM Collaboration
Google building Pacific fibre cable

Google building Pacific fibre cable

Google is reportedly in negotiations to build a fibre optic cable across the Pacific to link its US operations with Asia.
Iain Thomson Sep 25 2007, 6:47AM Collaboration
BigPond boosts broadband cable speeds to 30Mbps

BigPond boosts broadband cable speeds to 30Mbps

Telstra BigPond has given its cable broadband plans a hefty injection of speed, with the launch of its 30 Megabits per second (Mbps) BigPond Cable Extreme.
Staff Writers Sep 12 2007, 2:04PM Collaboration
Cable boost for Internode

Cable boost for Internode

National broadband company Internode will boost its network capacity to the US by 40 percent using a redundant route via Asia provided by Australia-Japan Cable (AJC). The new link goes live in January 2007.
Staff Writers Dec 15 2006, 2:48PM Mobility
Aust broadband take-up on the increase: report

Aust broadband take-up on the increase: report

Take-up of broadband in Australia continues to grow, according to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report.
Vivienne Fisher Jan 9 2006, 3:34PM Collaboration
Broadband: The second wave

Broadband: The second wave

Australia’s bandwidth trickle is finally becoming a torrent and the channel is well placed to ride the wave.
Adam Turner Dec 7 2005, 3:45PM Mobility
Cable broadband booms with "the bundle"

Cable broadband booms with "the bundle"

As telephony companies' DSL offerings gain on cable-modem broadband for internet usage, the cable providers are increasingly fighting back with a marketing weapon used by the telephone companies: the bundle.
Staff Writers Jul 28 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Neighbourhood Cable buys Swift Internet

Neighbourhood Cable buys Swift Internet

Victoria telecommunications company Neighbourhood Cable has bought out Geelong ISP Swift Internet for an undisclosed sum.
Staff Writers Jan 6 2004, 12:00AM Mobility

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