“Thanks to a new subsea cable project Google unveiled on Jan. 17, South Pacific islanders are less likely to be cut off from the global internet in the future.”
“When an underwater volcanic eruption severed a key internet conduit in 2022, the island nation of Tonga lost most of its connection to the outside world for more than a month.” https://t.co/TWgJ3hrdoi
📢 NEW 📢: Subsea cables are the backbone of the internet and the global ambition for universal meaningful connectivity.
Here’s how policymakers can facilitate subsea cable systems to improve national internet infrastructure and digital inclusion: https://t.co/cinryoK0O5
“Thanks to a new subsea cable project Google unveiled on Jan. 17, South Pacific islanders are less likely to be cut off from the global internet in the future.”
“When an underwater volcanic eruption severed a key internet conduit in 2022, the island nation of Tonga lost most of its connection to the outside world for more than a month.”
https://t.co/TWgJ3hrdoi
Telstra International and Trans Pacific Networks (TPN) have partnered on the Echo cable, the first subsea cable to directly connect the US to Singapore.
Read more on Light Reading: https://t.co/ki5986ULVQ
Subsea cables are essential for communications and energy but lots of things present a hazard to networks. Listen to @MikeAClare and others talking about cable hazards, protection and how cables themselves can be used as early warning systems:
https://t.co/p0TTBEwQX7
Subsea cables are the backbone of the internet and the global ambition for universal meaningful connectivity.
Here’s how policymakers can facilitate subsea cable systems to improve national internet infrastructure and digital inclusion: https://t.co/7SsWuiS17a
Indonesian scientists make the case for ocean-bottom seismometers to be installed in the Sumatra-Java trench, which can host catastrophically large earthquakes.
https://t.co/LTdUPbglLx
"To provide timely, reliable, and accurate tsunami warnings and forecasts, warning center scientists must be able to quickly detect and analyze earthquakes and observe and measure tsunamis.”
https://t.co/liFgAoU9kd
What are earthquakes and why do they happen? This article from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) breaks it down in simple, easy-to-understand language.
https://t.co/pSvX2YQjUA
“…Access to high-quality and readily information is crucial for supporting regional mechanisms and local preparedness while also increasing awareness of early warning systems."
"Tsunamis should be treated as multifaceted threats that not only endanger lives but also disrupt livelihoods, industry, agriculture, gender equality, and critical services like education and healthcare…”
https://t.co/nkv6JN7bi0
Are you attending the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s Annual Conference in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii? 🏝️
On 1/20 Steve Lentz will be presenting our latest SMART Cable sensor system prototype at the U.N. JTF SMART Cables workshop…