News tagged with submarine fibre cable

Roi-Namur Island at the Kwajalein missile range

Work starts on new NPacific communications link

Jun 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Work has started on a new 130 million US dollar submarine fibre optic cable that is expected to revolutionise communications in the islands of the North Pacific, officials said.

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Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa

Kenya gets undersea broadband fibre optic cable

Technology / Telecom

Jun 12, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 1

An undersea fibre optic cable bringing broadband Internet connectivity to east Africa, reached the Kenyan coast from the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the president said.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls on a reporter at a press conference

First Afghan fibre optic cable connects to Tajikistan

Technology / Telecom

Jun 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Part of Afghanistan's first international fibre optic cable has opened in a project that will make the country millions of dollars and boost regional connectivity, a cabinet minister said Thursday.

Briefs: Cable to expand Persian Gulf telecom

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Jan 16, 2006 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

An underwater cable project launched by three countries will increase telecommunications capacity in the Persian Gulf area.

Locals surf the internet at a cybercafe in Bouake

New undersea cable gives Africa high-speed Internet

Technology / Telecom

Jul 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

A 13,700-kilometre (8,500-mile) undersea fibre-optic cable to provide high-speed Internet access on Africa's Indian Ocean coast went live on Thursday, its operator said.

Measuring the next successful antennas for in-body health monitoring devices

Technology / Engineering

Sep 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Antennas for the latest implanted medical devices are being developed by Queen Mary University of London and tested through a unique piece of kit at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

Separate signals through optical fibres for ultrafast home network

Technology / Telecom

Jan 24, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Dutch-sponsored researcher Christos Tsekrekos has investigated how a small network for at home or in a company can function optimally. His research analyses the MGDM technique (Mode Group Diversity Multiplexing) of the Eindhoven ...

A man works on his laptop at a beef cattle farm near the small Australian town of Harden

Australia embarks on great broadband adventure

Technology / Telecom

Sep 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

From snowy mountains and sun-baked deserts to the steamy tropical north, Australia has begun wiring its vast expanse with a high-tech broadband network in a giant project being closely followed abroad.

The leading 'edge': plastic fibre slashes network costs

Technology / Telecom

Jan 09, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (46) | 0

Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf ...