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December 22nd, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NO-UK Com AS and Altibox are pleased to announce that Provisional Acceptance has been granted for the NO-UK submarine cable system linking Newcastle and Stavanger. This milestone marks a significant achievement in North Sea cable system construction, with the project being completed just 22 months after the Supply Contract […]

October 22nd, 2021 – Galapagos Cable Systems Pte. Ltd. (GCS) and Xtera, Inc., a provider of subsea fiber optic systems, are pleased to announce that the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract has been signed for the turnkey build of the Galapagos Cable System between the west coast of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The 1,280km […]

September 21st, 2021 – FSM Telecommunications Corporation (FSMTC) announced today that Xtera, Inc., a provider of innovative subsea fiber optic solutions, has completed the Hantru-1 upgrade. FSMTC is the premium telecommunications service provider for Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. Completion of the Hantru-1 Submarine Cable System upgrade between Pohnpei […]

June 6th, 2021 – NO-UK Com AS, Altibox Carrier and Xtera are pleased to announce that the marine programme for the NO-UK submarine cable system has commenced with loading completed in Nordenheim, Germany. Installation operations will begin today, after the successful acquisition of all the necessary permits in Norway and the UK last month.  NO-UK […]

May 5th, 2021 – Xtera, Inc., a provider of innovative subsea fiber optic solutions, is pleased to announce that the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract is now in force for the GigNet-1 subsea system between Florida and Cancun, Mexico. The GigNet-1 cable has been developed to date by FB Submarine Partners LLC.  In March […]

March 19th, 2021 – Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno, announced last week the deployment of a submarine cable system to the Galapagos Islands. The initiative, which started in 2018, has been driven by CNT EP who performed the feasibility studies which led to investment from Galapagos Cable Systems (GCS S.A.). Together with their strategic partner Xtera, […]

“GigNet-1” will be the first new fiber optic cable in over 20 years specifically designed to meet exploding Internet demand in the Mexican Caribbean February 25th, 2021 – (BUSINESS WIRE)–FB Submarine Partners, LLC, a privately owned developer of international telecommunications projects announced today a 1,200 kilometers advanced subsea fiber optic cable system from Florida to […]

January 14th, 2021 – Xtera, Inc., a provider of innovative subsea fiber optic solutions, announces a new contract with FSM Telecommunications Corporation (FSMTC).  FSMTC is the premium telecommunications service provider for Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. The contract will upgrade the Hantru-1 Submarine Cable System between Pohnpei and Guam […]

February 21st, 2020 – Altibox Carrier and Xtera announced today that they had started construction of a new repeater-based cable system between Norway and UK. Xtera is a provider of novel subsea fibre optic solutions. With a capacity of up to 216 Terabits per second, the system will significantly increase data capacity between Norway and […]

April 9th, 2019 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fiber optic solutions, announces Final Acceptance on the submarine cable system for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).  The turnkey project was successfully completed with the support of Xtera’s industry-leading partners, IT International Telecom and Nexans. […]

February 28th, 2019 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fiber optic technology, today demonstrates the benefits of its advanced and novel approach to subsea line design by transmitting 74.38 Tbit/s over a transatlantic distance on Single Mode Fiber. This result gives a record-breaking spectral efficiency of 6.86 b/s/Hz over 6,300km, across the C and L bands. […]

November 15th, 2018 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fiber optic solutions, announces completion of the Final Splice and marine operations on the Guantanamo – Puerto Rico submarine cable system for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).  The marine installation for the project was successfully […]

May 1st, 2018 – Xtera®, the system supplier for the ARBR project, announces today that Seaborn Networks (“Seaborn”), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, has selected its C+L band design for the system between São Paulo and Buenos Aires.  ARBR utilizes the advanced technology of Xtera in order to meet the growing […]

March 14th, 2018 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic technology, today demonstrates the benefits of its advanced and unique approach by transmitting 120 Terabit/s over a single repeatered fibre. The experiment, which was performed in collaboration with University College London (UCL), used a hybrid distributed-Raman / EDFA amplifier with a bandwidth of 91 […]

March 13th, 2018 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, today announces a partnership with ADVA (ADV.DE), a leading supplier of open networking solutions for the delivery of cloud and mobile services, to develop the capacity and reach of ADVA’s optical transport products.  ADVA will license Xtera’s industry-leading Raman technology for use […]

February 27th, 2018 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, today announces that its Board of Directors has appointed Keith Henderson as Chief Executive Officer and Leigh Frame as Chief Operating Officer. Keith joined Xtera in 2004 and quickly moved through the ranks, playing a pivotal role in founding the new company […]

February 19th, 2018 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, today announces the successful completion of interoperability testing with Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks. By connecting Infinera’s SLTE solution to an Xtera line system, the laboratory trial demonstrated the truly open nature of Xtera’s Open System Gateway (OSG) product family.  Compatibility, spectrum sharing and […]

January 23th, 2018 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, today announces it has been selected as the supplier of the ARBR submarine fibre optic cable system developed jointly by Seaborn Networks and the Werthein Group.  The 2,700 km open system, 4-fibre pair, 48Tbps, direct PoP-to-PoP subsea cable will connect Argentina and Brazil. The ARBR […]

January 3rd, 2018 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, today announces a partnership with Fortress Solutions, a leading provider of telecom equipment repair, to enhance the longevity of its cable systems.  As an ISO 9001, TL 9000, ISO 14001 and R2-certified equipment repair service provider, Fortress Solutions will enable Xtera to […]

September 25th, 2017 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, today announces the award of a contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), to build a new regional submarine cable system.  As a valued subsea solution supplier, Xtera provides the most advanced […]

June 20th, 2017 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, announces today that its Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Dr. Stuart Barnes, has been selected by the SubOptic Executive Committee to serve as Programme Chair for SubOptic 2019, taking place in New Orleans, April 8-11, 2019. Prior to each SubOptic conference, a […]

June 6th, 2017 – Xtera®, a provider of innovative subsea fibre optic solutions, announces today that it has successfully upgraded its ISO 9001 certification to the new ISO 9001:2015. This certification demonstrates Xtera’s ongoing commitment to the highest quality standards and also supports the company’s commitment to safety and environmental compliance, ensuring that the company […]

February 28th, 2017 – Xtera, a provider of innovative subsea fiber optic solutions, announces today the establishment of a new leadership team following its recent acquisition by H.I.G. Capital.  To advance the organisation’s internal governance, Dr. Stuart Barnes, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer announced the following appointments: Douglas Umbers, Chief Executive Officer; Keith Henderson, Founder […]

February 15th, 2017 – H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”), a leading global private equity investment firm with over €20 billion of equity capital under management, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the  assets of Xtera Communications, Inc (“Xtera”), a provider of innovative and bespoke sub-sea fiber optic solutions. H.I.G. previously provided debtor-in-possession financing to the […]