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The IRIS Sub-Sea Telecoms Cable System connecting Galway, Ireland to Iceland has now been completed. The IRIS system will be ready for service in the first quarter of 2023 and will be the third submarine fibre optic cable system connecting Iceland with Europe. The system provides further redundancy in telecommunication connection between Iceland and Europe, […]
The O-RAN ALLIANCE released a new set of 52 specifications for open and intelligent RAN, as the first batch of the O-RAN Release 003 specifications. Among them there are 12 new titles including use cases for Massive MIMO and the R1 interface, E2 interface testing, O2dms interface, Acceleration Abstraction Layer, outdoor macro cell HW, and […]
Farice reached a sales agrement with Far North Digital (FND) for fiber connectivity between Japan and Iceland via Farice’s new IRIS submarine cable and FND’s planned Arctic cable. Construction is currently underway for Farice’s IRIS Subsea Telecoms Cable System from Iceland to Galway, Ireland. The system is planned for service early 2023. The FND fiber […]
Construction is underway for Farice’s new IRIS Subsea Telecoms Cable System from Iceland to Galway, Ireland. Earlier this month, SubCom’s cable installation vessel the CS Durable landed the cable successfully at Thorlakshofn beach in Iceland. Subcom said deployment is expected to advance at approximately 20-200 km per day with a target burial depth of 1.5m […]
Eir, the former incumbent telecoms operator in Ireland, has withdrawn its bid from Ireland’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) tender process. The company, which was shortlisted due to its extensive network infrastructure and business experience, cited significant commercial issues and complexity with the tender process. Eir concluded that the uncertainty on a range of regulatory and […]
AquaComms has selected Ciena’s GeoMesh solution for its new AEConnect Cable System. AEConnect is a new subsea cable system that is a diverse trans-Atlantic route and spans more than 5,400 km connecting New York with the West Coast of Ireland, including deep water branching units for future landing station connectivity. In addition to the trans-Atlantic […]
At the Cisco Financial Analyst Conference Day in New York earlier this month, company CEO John Chambers said the company’s ambition is to transform itself from being the top communications provider to the top information technology provider. Cisco’s key strategy remains to Build-Buy-Partner and Chambers said mergers & acquisitions remain a key part of the plan. […]
