Fibre-optic cables are vital critical telecom infrastructure for connectivity because they bring network capacity closer to subscribers. As of 2023, Nigeria had deployed 78,676km of fibre-optic ...

Damage to an underwater fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea, running from Ventspils in Latvia, to the Swedish island of Gotland, was detected last Sunday. Image: Pic: Reuters "It is suspected that ...

The Swedish coast guard seized a Bulgarian vessel, Vezhen, after a fibre-optic cable connecting Sweden and Latvia was damaged under the Baltic Sea. Latvia sent a warship to investigate ...

What are the differences between fibre optic and metal components in cables and connectors, and how we can efficiently use them in evolving applications? Finally, when choosing a connector or cable ...

Norwegian police said on Friday (January 31, 2025) they had arrested a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea.

MTN Nigeria has spent N11.1 billion repairing and relocating 2,502km of fibre-optic cables over two years, according to data from the new GSMA Nigeria Digital Economy report. It stated that if these ...

Swedish authorities on Sunday, January 26, 2025 seized the ship suspected of having sabotaged a fibre-optic cable in the Baltic Sea, the prosecutors' office announced.

The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday condemned what it called the “increasingly racist and Islamophobic” comments directed at Pakistanis in the UK, emphasising the deep relations between both ...

In another incident, Finland and other Baltic Sea nations suspect a Chinese bulk carrier, Yi Peng 3, of dragging its anchor to breach two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in November.

Secretary-General Mark Rutte says ‘Baltic Sentry’ mission to protect critical undersea cables following string of incidents. The C-Lion1 submarine telecommunications cable is being laid to the ...