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APCN2 cable cut cripples connections
News update Cut in Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 undersea cable cripples connection speeds in Asia-Pacific region Wednesday, hitting Singapore and the Philippines.
Tags: Twitter, SingTel, Philippines, cable network, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Cable, network, Taiwan
Overland cable connects India and China
News Reliance Globalcom's new terrestrial cable connecting India and China, aims to reduce latency and provide redundancy in case of subsea cable break.
Tags: Bandwidth, Networking technology, Disaster recovery, Asia, India, cable system, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Cable
Can cable faults ever go away?
News Telcos have stepped up measures in recent years to improve redundancy and re-routing efforts during cable disruptions, but costs and nature still stand in the way.
Tags: Network infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Disaster recovery, Starhub, Ovum, SingTel, Asia, cable system, Cable, e-mail
US entrepreneur: Internet video progress 'disappointing'
News Little has happened in 10 years, U.S. cable network owner Mark Cuban said, in part because YouTube focused on ubiquity over monetization.
Tags: Web 2.0, Video, Internet advertising, Google Inc., cable network, Internet Video, Cable, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., monetization
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
Microsoft lands IPTV deal in China
News Microsoft said early this week that a Chinese TV provider will use its Mediaroom software to offer Internet Protocol television over a traditional cable network.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Video, Microsoft Corp., IP Television, SingTel, TV, cable network, Cable, software
Asia Pacific Cable Network lands ln Hong Kong
News The Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN 2) cable network has landed in Hong Kong, taking the network a step closer to becoming operational toward the end of September.
Deutsche Telekom trims pool of cable network bidders
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CWHKT to land APCN-2 submarine cable in Hong Kong
News Cable & Wireless HKT (CWHKT) has announced plans to land the US$1 billion Asia-pacific Submarine Cable Network 2 (APCN-2) in Hong Kong.
SingTel, others complete regional 2.5Gbps cable 
News Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, together with five regional telcos, have completed the laying of an overland cable linking China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Net traffic jammed by cable mishap
News Internet traffic from Australia to the United States came to a grinding halt yesterday as the Southern Cross undersea cable network went down for the second time in the past week.
OpenTV first to enter Chinese market
News OpenTV announced Monday that its software for interactive TV services will be installed on set-top boxes for Shanghai Cable Network subscribers.
Interactive TV enters China market
News OpenTV announced Monday that its software for interactive TV services will be installed on set-top boxes for Shanghai Cable Network subscribers.
Aussie Net traffic jammed by cable mishap
News Internet traffic to the United States came to a grinding halt in Australia yesterday as the Southern Cross undersea cable network went down for the second time in the past week.
30Mbps cable coming to Australia this year
News Telstra has announced that its cable network will be upgraded to provide speeds of 30Mbps in the coming months.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Networking, LANs and WANs, Bandwidth, Routing/switching, Systems migration, Network standards/protocols, Networking technology, Business broadband, Personal broadband
