News tagged with undersea cables


Eight Asian telecoms companies have formed a consortium to build an undersea cable system to link 10 regional hubs

Eight carriers in undersea Asia cable project

Technology / Telecom

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

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.





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HDMI 1.4: New video cables will connect TVs to the Internet

Technology / Telecom

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Digital video and audio cables, similar to the ones that already connect TVs to DVD players, cable boxes and receivers, will soon come with a new capability: connecting those devices to the Internet.


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

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 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.


Locals surf the internet at a cybercafe in Bouake

New undersea cable gives Africa high-speed Internet

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 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.


Research team finds undersea earthquake ‘mountains'

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Undersea mountains several thousand meters high have been discovered subducted under a tectonic plate that constitutes the sea bottom off the Boso Peninsula in the southeastern part of the Kanto region, according to a survey ...


Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano (AP)

Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga - shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ...


Engineering professor explores underwater wireless communications

Engineer explores underwater wireless communications

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Milica Stojanovic says the best way to think about the need for better underwater communications is to consider the Titanic.


Wu Chang Gong temple in Taiwan was partially levelled by a powerful earthquake ten years ago

Taiwan to boost quake warning system

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said.


Underwater robot with a sense of touch

Underwater robot with a sense of touch

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Maintenance of offshore drilling rigs or underwater cables, taking samples of sediment - underwater robots perform a variety of deep-sea tasks. Research scientists now aim to equip robots ...


This aerial view shows new homes being constructed to the north of Banda Aceh

Huge undersea mountain found off Indonesia: scientists

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created May 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 13

A massive underwater mountain discovered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra could be a volcano with potentially catastrophic power, a scientist said Friday.


Taking the juice for granted

Taking the juice for granted: Powering American cities in the new century

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Barring the occasional thunderstorm, most Americans take the electric current behind their power buttons for granted, and assume the juice will be there when they're ready to fire up an appliance or favorite ...



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