Submarine cables keep the world connected. They can also help us study climate change

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Submarine cables keep the world connected. They can also help us study climate change

Gail Johnson/ShutterstockLast month tech giant Meta announced plans to build the world’s longest submarine communication cable. Known as Project Waterworth, the 50,000-kilometre cable would link five continents. Meta says it would improve connectivity and technological development in countries including the United States, India and Brazil. Improving global connectivity has been the main purpose of submarine cables since the first one was laid ac…

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Meta Unveils World’s Longest Subsea Cable Project “Waterworth”

The subsea cable will be the first to use 24 fiber-pair technology offering a higher data transfer capacity compared to existing systems

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Meta's Waterworth Subsea Cable is About Geopolitics and Geoeconomics

Announced on 14 February, Meta’s Project Waterworth is not just proposed to be the world’s longest submarine cable but reflects ever-...

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16 August 1858 was a great day for worldwide communication: at that time, the first transatlantic cable between the south-west coast of Ireland and Newfoundland began operating. For four years, the Altantic Telegraph Company had built on it, then it was finally time, Queen Victoria was able to transmit a first telegram between the continents. Although the project was ultimately not successful, it is still considered an important technical milest…

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Meta's undersea cable to be longer than the Earth is round

Meta (formerly Facebook) plans to build the world's longest undersea cable that will be longer than the Earth is round. The high-capacity, fiber-optic cable that will link five continents will span a fantastic 31,000 miles (50,000 km) – for reference, the circumference of the Earth is 24,901 miles (40,075 km).Continue ReadingCategory: Telecommunications, TechnologyTags: Meta, Data