What has the TeleGeography crew been studying currently?
First up on our checklist: a International Coverage piece explaining why new submarine cables should not connecting the U.S. and China.
We additionally pulled some tales which were making the rounds in our Slack channels, from a really particular birthday to a novel liquidation sale.
Decoupling Is Already Occurring—Underneath the Sea
This International 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 be taught extra concerning the “period of the undersea Iron Curtain.”
TeleGeography Analysis Director/resident cable knowledgeable 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 working by way of the South China Sea.
Asia’s web cable initiatives 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 initiatives are being affected by the present state of affairs.
Staring into the Luminiferous Ether
This week marked Ethernet’s fiftieth birthday.
To honor the event, why not find out about how the know-how obtained its title? (We advocate studying this weblog put up over a slice of cake.)
Shaw Factor: Canadian Merger Lastly a Achieved 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 cellular community with each operators’ coast-to-coast mounted networks. The ensuing nationwide cable, media, and cellular working firm provides fiber-powered cable web to just about 70% of Canadian households.
Now on sale at Mattress Tub & Past: One barely used information middle
After submitting for chapter, Mattress Tub & Past has plans to public sale off its complete information middle this summer season.
Get your pocketbooks prepared—in accordance with this Community World article, the information middle encompasses “a complete of 47,500 sq. toes, 9,500 toes of which is raised ground house, with the flexibility to double the quantity of raised ground house and increase the whole energy from 1MW to three.5MW.”
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