SubOptic 2023, the industry-renowned submarine telecoms conference, will take place on March 13-16, in Bangkok, Thailand. It’s likely well over 500 people will attend the 4-day triennial event, which is the longest-running and most comprehensive conference series in the world for the submarine cable industry. DRG is looking forward to catching up with everyone. This…
The SubOptic Foundation Symposia, an educational outreach program series aimed at the next generation of subsea cable industry leaders, recently ramped up into full gear following earlier successes in both France and Japan, with events this month in the UK, Japan, and Americas. WAVE was held this week at the iconic BT Tower in London, where…
DRG is truly pleased to be supporting another cable linking Ecuador, Colombia and Panama to the USA. CSN-1, now fully in force, is likely to be the first new Pan-Caribbean submarine network constructed in several years, offering the potential of new, critical connectivity to these (and potentially additional) Latam countries, whose existing international infrastructure might…
DRG is pleased to see the continued progress of our client, CINTURION, with the TEAS project. Read the complete article here.
DRG is pleased to continue supporting SubOptic initiatives through our membership and through a variety of volunteer activities. Please see the annual newsletter summarizing many of the programs SubOptic has underway. Read the newsletter in its entirety, here.
The International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) call for papers is open for the upcoming 2022 ICPC Plenary. Taking place on April 28, 2022 in Madrid, Spain at the NOVOTEL Madrid Center, the theme for the upcoming Plenary is Installing, Operating and Maintaining Resilient Submarine Cable Infrastructure in a Rapidly Evolving Global Environment. DRG is a…
As 2021 nears its end, DRG can’t help but notice how busy all of us are across the industry and ponder some important changes that lie ahead, many of which we expect will be discussed at the upcoming PTC conference. Submarine cables have unambiguously now established themselves as critical infrastructure. Not only have they…
As a prelude to PTC’22 back in Honolulu just 3 months from now, DRG is pleased to host and support the PTC Webinar Series, “Frictionless Business”, sponsored by PCCW Global. In the upcoming October 20 session, Elaine Stafford will moderate “Current Trends in Submarine Cable”, featuring some of the submarine cable industry’s top strategic thinkers. The session will air at 14:00-15:00 Hawaii Standard time.…
DRG is very pleased that a project we’ve been supporting for some time has achieved several important and critical milestones recently. We look forward to Bifrost’s continued progress. To read more about these exciting updates, see the coverage below: Supply Contract Coming Into Force: https://www.kepcorp.com/en/media/media-releases-sgx-filings/keppel-facebook-and-telin-announce-bifrost-cable-system/ FBO License in Singapore: https://www.kepcorp.com/en/media/media-releases-sgx-filings/keppel-granted-facilities-based-operations-fbo-licence-by-imda/ Marine Survey Progress: https://www.directionsmag.com/pressrelease/10733 Capacity Purchase…
Just a quick reminder that PTC’21, sponsored by SubOptic, is around the corner! And while the conference may be virtual this year, it will not be lacking all of the usual activities and sessions we all know and love. PTC’s annual Submarine Cable Workshop, usually held on Sunday, will be on Monday & Tuesday this year-in the…