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No security concerns for the Pacific Fibre Cable

March 27, 2012

The recent news articles in The Australian Financial Review highlight the ongoing security concerns of US and Australian authorities with Chinese submarine cable technology suppliers.  The United States has previously expressed concerns about… Read more

Pacific Fibre And TE SubCom Complete Permitting Study For Trans-Pacific Subsea Cable System

March 2, 2012

Pacific Fibre & TE SubCom – Trans-Pacific Subsea Cable Friday, 2 March 2012, 12:56 pm Press Release: Pacific Fibre Pacific Fibre And TE SubCom Complete Permitting Study For Trans-Pacific Subsea Cable System Marine Route Survey… Read more

Cables Spanning Pacific Ocean Seafloor to Give Ocean Science a New Edge

March 1, 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012 See Full Article Here Scripps researchers, NOAA and TE SubCom agree to pursue science ports on transcontinental fiber optic cable lines to help monitor earthquakes, tsunamis and other forces Scripps Institution of… Read more

Stephen Fry was throttled – Telecom

February 22, 2012

From NBR – Chris Keall | Monday February 20, 2012 | 44 comments Sorry Stephen, it’s just how we do things in this part of the world UPDATE: 3.30pm: New Zealand broadband might not be up to snuff, but we have the best… Read more

Pacific Fibre’s sunken treasure

February 14, 2012

Pacific Fibre’s sunken treasure From www.techday.co.nz , Thursday, 2nd February, 2012 Has Pacific Fibre stumbled across the modern-day equivalent of sunken treasure in its ongoing quest to lay cables between Australia, New Zealand and… Read more

In an internet ghetto far away……….

January 15, 2012

Steve McCabe: In an internet ghetto far away… From New Zealand Herald – Friday 6 January 2012 The Southern Cross cable comes ashore on Takapuna beach. Photo / Russell Smith By Steve McCabe While there is, indisputably, much to… Read more

Vodafone New Zealand signs long term capacity deal with Pacific Fibre

August 22, 2011

Vodafone New Zealand and Pacific Fibre today announced that they have signed a multi-million dollar agreement for the supply of international bandwidth on the new Pacific Fibre cable system. Under the 10-year deal, Vodafone will become Pacific… Read more