News tagged with undersea cables

Taiwan deploys undersea quake warning system

Taiwan said Monday it had put into service its first undersea seismic observation system, giving the island life-saving extra seconds or even minutes to brace for earthquakes and tsunamis.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cheaper and cleaner electricity from wave-powered ships (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the Clean Technology 2011 Conference and Expo in Boston, Andre Sharon presented a new concept of using ships equipped with a wave-power system to harvest energy and deliver it back to a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 35 | with audio podcast report

Cuba reports 16 percent online in some capacity

(AP) -- About 16 percent of Cubans are online in some capacity with access to email, the island's intranet or the worldwide Web, a government agency says.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Undersea Internet cable in deal for Zimbabwe service

The company running a high-speed Internet cable along Africa's east coast said Wednesday it has reached a deal with Mozambique to provide a new link to landlocked Zimbabwe.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan, China to build first direct undersea cable

Five major telecom operators from Taiwan and China signed a contract Thursday to build the first undersea cable directly linking the island and the mainland to meet mounting demand, officials said.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bell Labs breaks optical transmission record, 100 Petabit per second kilometer barrier

Alcatel-Lucent today announced that scientists in Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Eight carriers in undersea Asia cable project

Eight Asian telecoms companies have formed a consortium to build an undersea cable system to link 10 regional hubs, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PDLT) said Wednesday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0