This summer has been packed with exciting news in the subsea industry – including plans for new cables in areas beyond the world’s largest routes, where construction is already in progress. LATAM and Africa are experiencing additional growth, with new systems reaching important milestones within the past few months – proving that the industry remains…
DRG is thrilled at the progress that our client, Cinturion, has made with plans to uniquely serve EurAsia demands across the Middle East. Just recently, Cinturion announced that it has chosen GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) and Etihad Atheeb Telecom to land its subsea cable and provide its cross-border terrestrial network to Jordan. The three organizations have signed a multi-year deal…
Have you registered for the upcoming SubOptic 2019 conference in New Orleans? If not, and you’re interested in submarine cable networks, don’t miss it! As you can see from the recent March issue of SubTel Forum, SubOptic is sure to be an informative and thought-provoking event. SubTel Forum provides a preview of what to expect next…
Submarine Networks World (SNW) 2018 was once again, a great event. We appreciated the opportunity to speak with many people throughout the undersea cable industry about the changes underway and to meet old and new friends. Clearly, there is a lot of excitement about how dynamic the industry is at this time… the demand for…
ITW 2018 was full of discussions around the many exciting submarine cable projects in the works and the burgeoning technologies that are helping to facilitate them. DRG Managing Partner Elaine Stafford sat down with JSA TV to address those topics during the show. “The undersea world is really on an upswing right now,” Elaine says…
Singapore – 31 May, 2018 – Super SEA Cable Networks Pte Ltd (SEAX), together with the supplier Huawei International and Huawei Marine Networks, today announced that following successful completion of construction and end-to-end testing, the SEAX-1 Cable System has achieved RFPA (Ready for Provisional Acceptance) on 29 May 2018. SEA Cable Exchange-1 (SEAX-1) links Tanah…
As the biggest annual gathering of the wholesale telecom market, ITW is an essential conference for the submarine cable industry. DRG is eager to see everyone in Chicago and support important new projects that are continuing to change the face of the global submarine cable map. Some important recent trends have firmed up since the…
Author: John Mariano of DRG Undersea Consulting And so, ever upwards, the Capacity Middle East 2018 conference expands yet again reaching now to 1,700 attendees. This is one of my “must attend” events to get a pulse on the submarine cable market in the region and over the years it has clearly moved from voice to…
Annual European Submarine Communications Event Takes Place in London, February 20-21 DRG is proud to announce that its Managing Partner, Elaine Stafford, will moderate the ‘What will the next 5 years bring for subsea communications’ keynote panel at Submarine Networks Europe 2018, held February 20-21 at the Hilton Tower Bridge, London. Ms. Stafford will be…
Happy New Year from all of us at the DRG team! We are excited to kick off 2018 by announcing that our Managing Partner, Elaine Stafford, will moderate the ‘Critical Influencers of Network Availability’ panel at PTC 2018. This premier telecommunications event for the Pacific Rim will be held January 21-24 at the Hilton Hawaiian…