What is so crazy about a new, large dark fiber build?
Apparently if you look around the world there is nothing crazy about it at all. Some countries may seem to not have enough fiber, others may already have plently, but require more fiber, newer fiber, or fiber in places that have not had it before.
There are many reasons and many examples. Here are a few recent clips from planned and completed builds around the world
China Telecom and RCOM launch first terrestrial China-India cable
Reliance and Bharti aim to build new India-Bangladesh fibre links
CNT to invest USD300m this year
Antel Uruguay selects Alca-Lu consortium for submarine cable network
..yes it's submarine, but it's fiber, DWDM and 3.84 Tb...
BT confirms January 2010 date for FTTC commercial launch
MT to deploy second fibre-optic cable
Telcotech fibre-optic cable to go live by year-end
Subsea, long haul, metro, to the home and beyond - new fiber is being built in just about every segement of the general network architecture and in just about every place in the world.
Is it a "trend"?
No, it is logical... and necessary.
Continue Reading...
Apparently if you look around the world there is nothing crazy about it at all. Some countries may seem to not have enough fiber, others may already have plently, but require more fiber, newer fiber, or fiber in places that have not had it before.
There are many reasons and many examples. Here are a few recent clips from planned and completed builds around the world
China Telecom and RCOM launch first terrestrial China-India cable
Reliance and Bharti aim to build new India-Bangladesh fibre links
CNT to invest USD300m this year
Antel Uruguay selects Alca-Lu consortium for submarine cable network
..yes it's submarine, but it's fiber, DWDM and 3.84 Tb...
BT confirms January 2010 date for FTTC commercial launch
MT to deploy second fibre-optic cable
Telcotech fibre-optic cable to go live by year-end
Subsea, long haul, metro, to the home and beyond - new fiber is being built in just about every segement of the general network architecture and in just about every place in the world.
Is it a "trend"?
No, it is logical... and necessary.
Continue Reading...
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