In these unprecedented times, it is hard to pinpoint the industries that are thriving. One of those industries is the submarine cable industry. Residents worldwide are experiencing quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More and more individuals are relying on the world wide web to communicate...
The threat of deadly fires has created power outages that have affected California cell towers. The West Coast of the United States must deal with the Santa Ana and Diablo winds. These winds pose a greater threat of deadly fires that spread quickly due to wind...
The idea that the internet literally connects our world’s continents by cables across our ocean floors is amazing, but what happens when these important submarine cables are severed? Most individuals rely on the internet for communication and information updates. When we lose our lines of connection it...
A recently planned undersea cable that would connect Hong Kong, China, and Los Angeles, California is facing scrutiny by government officials. Undersea cables, also called submarine cables or subsea cables, are substantial elements of the telecom infrastructure. These connectors are responsible for 99% of worldwide internet...
Is the Cable Industry ready for change? Chris Busch from Arris’ believes that 2019 is the year that the cable industry moves into virtualization. Busch said the different paths toward virtualization include PHY for distributed access architecture (DAA), fabric overlays, and MAC PHY. New research has...