What has the TeleGeography group been studying currently?
First up on our listing: a Overseas Coverage piece explaining why new submarine cables should not connecting the U.S. and China.
We additionally pulled some tales which have been making the rounds in our Slack channels, from a really particular birthday to a novel liquidation sale.
Decoupling Is Already Taking place—Beneath the Sea
This Overseas Coverage story explains how geopolitical tensions between China and the U.S. have led to the rerouting of submarine cables. Give it a learn to study extra concerning the “period of the undersea Iron Curtain.”
TeleGeography Analysis Director/resident cable skilled Alan Mauldin is quoted on this article, weighing in on the U.S. authorities’s rejection of China-connecting cables and the chance of future U.S. involvement in cables operating by the South China Sea.
Asia’s web cable tasks delayed by South China Sea tensions
Nikkei Asia provides one other perspective.
This piece—during which TeleGeography Analysis Analyst Marvin Tan is quoted—elaborates additional on how Asia’s cable tasks are being affected by the present scenario.
Staring into the Luminiferous Ether
This week marked Ethernet’s fiftieth birthday.
To honor the event, why not study how the know-how obtained its identify? (We advocate studying this weblog submit over a slice of cake.)
Shaw Factor: Canadian Merger Lastly a Accomplished Deal
Additionally on the TeleGeography weblog: Analysis Analyst Pete Bell recaps a long-running telecom saga that has lastly come to an finish.
We’re speaking concerning the C$25 billion ($18.4 billion) merger between Canadian operators Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications.
The deal—which first reached settlement in March 2021—combines Rogers’ nationwide cell community with each operators’ coast-to-coast mounted networks. The ensuing nationwide cable, media, and cell working firm provides fiber-powered cable web to almost 70% of Canadian households.
Now on sale at Mattress Tub & Past: One barely used knowledge middle
After submitting for chapter, Mattress Tub & Past has plans to public sale off its total knowledge middle this summer season.
Get your pocketbooks prepared—based on this Community World article, the information middle encompasses “a complete of 47,500 sq. ft, 9,500 ft of which is raised flooring area, with the flexibility to double the quantity of raised flooring area and enhance the overall energy from 1MW to three.5MW.”
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