Trans-Pacific Cable Chaos, Shifting Asian Hubs
It’s been a year since the U.S. denied a cable license to the PLCN, creating a chain reaction that disrupted the trans-Pacific submarine cable market.
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It’s been a year since the U.S. denied a cable license to the PLCN, creating a chain reaction that disrupted the trans-Pacific submarine cable market.
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March 12, 2021 Share Facebook has scrapped plans to connect California, Taiwan and Hong Kong via a 12,000 kilometer underwater cable, citing tensions between the U.S. and China. The social media giant told the Wall St. Journal, which broke the story, it was halting the project due to political pressure from the U.S. government, which noted potential national security concerns. “Due to ongoing concerns from the U.S. government about direct communication links between the United States and Hong Kong, we have decided to withdraw our [Federal Communications Commission] application,” a...
The year 2020 brought enormous and unexpected change across the globe, and across our telecommunications networks. It’s no surprise that COVID-19 has heavily influenced the scale and intensity of demand for connectivity, as the world embraced videoconferencing, enterprise cloud applications, and a more digital way of life. But, more than that, a confluence of macro geopolitical trends has fundamentally altered the landscape carriers are working in. Policy and regulation are creating tectonic shifts Shifts in policy and regulation have resulted in a range of trans-Pacific subsea cabl...