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UN Body To Protect Subsea Cables Holds First Meeting

United Nations body to protect undersea communications cables that are crucial for international trade and security holds first meeting

World spanning subsea cable measuring 40,000km (or 24,854 mile) long, reportedly being planned by Meta for its exclusive use

US and Japan to be connected by two new subsea Google cables, amid possible AUKUS alliance expansion to include Japan

Expanding global connectivity. 2Africa cable consortium includes MTN GlobalConnect, Meta Platforms, Vodafone and others

Connectivity with the British mainland restored for the Shetland and Faroe Isles, after damage last week to two subsea cables

Police declare major incident, as damage to subsea cable cuts Shetland's communications including phones, internet off from British mainland

Updated map of world's undersea cables by TeleGeography shows growing engineering infrastructure capabilities of tech firms

New subsea cable from Google named after pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper and will run from New York to Bude in Cornwall

Simultaneous cutting of fibre optic cables disrupts Internet access across Eastern Europe, Iran and Turkey

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Two new deals will see latency and capacity improvements for global customers