The consortium has selected ASN to build a state-of-the-art transpacific fiber optic network spanning approximately 12,500km, designed to significantly enhance digital connectivity between Asia and North America. With the surge in demand driven by cloud computing, data processing and next-gen mobile networks, the need for ultra-high-capacity, low-latency infrastructure has never been greater. The E2A represents a major step forward in global communications, delivering unprecedented performance, scalability, and reliability, while integrating sustainability-driven design principles.

Windstream Wholesale has announced a strategic partnership with Cirion Technologies to enhance domestic wavelength services from the Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station (CLS) to key nodes within their US network.

ODATA, an Aligned Data Centers company, has announced the launch of its newest data center, DC SP04, in Osasco, São Paulo. Set to begin operations in April 2025, the facility represents a significant milestone in Brazil’s rapidly expanding digital infrastructure landscape.

Cisco and NVIDIA have introduced an AI factory architecture that puts security at its core. Together, the companies are developing the Cisco Secure AI Factory to simplify how enterprises deploy, manage, and secure AI infrastructure at any scale.

The MANTA subsea cable system, a transformative project connecting Mexico, the USA, and Latin America, has awarded its design, manufacturing, and installation contract to SubCom. The project is led by Sparkle, Gold Data, and Liberty Networks.

Zayo entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown Castle’s Fiber Solutions business in a transaction valuing the business at approximately USD 4.25 billion.

Rural Telecommunications America (RTA) will deliver “gigFAST® ” internet services to 10,471 unserved rural broadband subscriber locations in Bastrop County, Texas. RTA, which manages more than 15,000 fiber route miles across its 25-state footprint, is leveraging a BOOT II $43 million grant to bring a state-of-the-art fiber-to-the-premises (FTTx) access network to this rural Texas county, east of Austin. Residences in these formerly unserved and underserved locations will now have the opportunity to subscribe to symmetrical gigabit services, with the potential for multi-gigabit services in the future, while businesses will have access to symmetrical gigabit, 10 gigabit, and 100 gigabit services.

Cirion Technologies plans to deploy a suite of Ciena solutions, including WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e), the industry’s first 1.6 Tb/s coherent optical technology. This upgrade will boost Cirion’s network capacity across its expansive terrestrial and submarine networks and includes what is expected to be the first 1.6 Tb/s single carrier wavelength deployments in Latin America.

Zayo and Infinera have announced the successful completion of a live network trial using Infinera’s ICE7, a seventh-generation embedded optical engine, to deliver 1 Tb/s single 150GHz wavelength transmission over 1,391 kilometers (km) on a major North American route between Sacramento, CA and Salt Lake City.

Airtel landed the new SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6, or SMW6) submarine cable in Chennai, following the successful cable landing in Mumbai on December 30, 2024.