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PEACE Cable
PEACE Cable, which stands for Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe, is a submarine cable project designed to facilitate data transmission between Asia, Europe, and Africa. It is owned by Peace Cable International, a subsidiary of Hengtong Group. The 15,000 km cable system is deployed along the seafloor of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, with plans to extend the cable length to 25,000 km. It is based on WSS ROADM technology with a design capacity of 24 Tbit/s per fiber pair. The cable entered service and became fully operational in December 2022. The main trunk connects Pakistan, Kenya, Egypt, Singapore and France but there are also branches to the Maldives, Malta, Cyprus, the Seychelles, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and Somalia. Landing points and operators Privately owned branches Incidents On 4 March 2025, the PEACE cable was reported to have been cut approximately 1,450 kilometers from Zafarana, Egypt impacting traffic to Marseille. It became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine Cable
Submarine cable is any electrical cable that is laid on the seabed, although the term is often extended to encompass cables laid on the bottom of large freshwater bodies of water. Examples include: *Submarine communications cable *Submarine power cable {{SIA Submarine cables, fi:Merikaapeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cable & Wireless Communications
Cable & Wireless Communications Ltd operating as C&W Communications is a telecommunications company which has operations in the Caribbean and Central America. It is owned by Liberty Latin America and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, US. It was formed when Cable & Wireless plc demerged in 2010 to form two companies (the other being Cable & Wireless Worldwide, Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc, since integrated into Vodafone). In November 2015, Liberty Global announced it would purchase Cable & Wireless Communications. The company was officially acquired by Liberty Global on May 16, 2016. Following the split of Liberty Latin America from Liberty Global in 2018, Cable & Wireless became owned by Liberty Latin America based in Colorado. The company operates under a number of brands, including C&W Business, C&W Networks, Cable & Wireless Panama, and BTC Bahamas. After Cable & Wireless Communications purchased Columbus Communications in 2015, it replaced its LIME (telecommunicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GO (Malta)
GO Public limited company, p.l.c. is a Malta, Maltese integrated telecommunications service provider, telecommunications company. It is a quadruple play provider that offers local and long distance telephone services, wireless services, digital terrestrial television, Digital subscriber line, DSL and Fiber to the x, Fiber to the home internet access. GO is based in Tarxien Road, Zejtun ZTN 3000, Malta History An undersea telegraph cable from Malta was first laid to Sicily in 1857 and to Egypt in 1868 by various operations which came to be consolidated in 1928 into one company which was renamed Cable & Wireless plc, Cable & Wireless in 1934. The Telemalta Corporation Act of 1974 created Telemalta, which was given monopoly rights as both the operator and regulator of all telecommunications services. Maltacom was created in 1997 as a public limited company and assumed the assets of Telemalta. The Government of Malta retained a 60% stake in Maltacom and sold 40% to the general public b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellieħa
Mellieħa ( ) is a large village in the Northern Region of Malta. It has a population of 10,087 as of March 2014. Mellieħa is also a tourist resort, popular for its sandy beaches, natural environment, and Popeye Village nearby. Etymology The name ''Mellieħa'' is derived from the Semitic root ''m-l-ħ'', which means ''salt''. This is probably derived from the ancient Punic-Roman salt pans which existed at Mellieħa Bay. The site of the salt pans is now occupied by the Għadira Nature Reserve. History Prehistory to Middle Ages Mellieħa was first inhabited in around 3000 BC, during the Neolithic period. Several megalithic remains have been found, including the temple of Għajn Żejtuna, as well as several caves and tombs, in which tools and pottery fragments were found. During the Roman period, troglodytes began to live in the caves of Mellieħa's valleys. The cave settlements continued to exist during Byzantine rule, but were abandoned in the early medieval period. Accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geroskipou
Geroskipou (; ) is a coastal village in Cyprus, east of Paphos. Its current population is approximately 7,000 and it is the second largest municipality in the Paphos District. Yeroskipou, with its remarkable five-domed Byzantine church of Agia Paraskevi, and its Folk Art Museum, is a popular tourist destination. It is known especially for the production of the confectionery "lokum" (locally ''loukoumia'' or ''lukum'').Cyprus villagers make giant sweet , ''BBC News'', October 18, 2004 The town is the only place in the world which has protected geographical indication (PGI) for the popular dessert. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singtel
Singapore Telecommunications Limited, trading as Singtel, is a Singaporean telecommunications conglomerate, the country's principal fixed-line operator and one of the four major mobile network operators operating in the country. Overview The company is the largest mobile network operator in Singapore with 4.1 million subscribers and through subsidiaries, has a combined mobile subscriber base of 770 million customers as of 31 March 2022. The company was known as Telecommunications Equipment until 1995. Singtel provides ISP, IPTV ( Singtel TV) and mobile phone networks and fixed line telephony services. Singtel has expanded aggressively outside its home market and owns shares in many regional operators, including full ownership of Australia's second largest telco Optus and 32.15% of Bharti Airtel, the second largest carrier in India. Singtel controls significant market share in Australia and Singapore, with 82% of the fixed-line market, 47% of the mobile market and 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuas
Tuas ( ) is a planning area located within the West Region of Singapore. It is bounded by the Western Water Catchment to its north, Pioneer to its east and the Straits of Johor to its west. Tuas also shares a maritime boundary with the Western Islands planning area to its east. It has six subzones, Tengeh, Tuas Bay, Tuas North, Tuas Promenade, Tuas View and Tuas View Extension. Etymology The name Tuas is derived from a fishing method previously used by coastal Malays. Shade was created by using coconut fronds as a shelter with a net spread underneath the shade in the water. Once fish are drawn in by the shade, the net is pulled up by the Malay fisherman. Levering or hauling up in Malay is ''menuas'', without the noun-building prefix of me-, the Malay word is ''tuas''. History In Franklin and Jackson's 1830 map of Singapore, the Tuas area is marked with three different names ''Tg Kampong'', ''Tg Rawa'' and ''Tg Gull''. ''Tg'' is the abbreviation for ''tanjung'' or ''tanjo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ooredoo Maldives
Ooredoo Maldives (formerly Wataniya Maldives) is a mobile operator in the Maldives, owned by Ooredoo Group. History The firm was issued a licence as the new mobile phone operator in February 2005. Ooredoo Maldives was selected after a bidding process with three other companies. All the bidders proposed competitive tariffs, but Ooredoo Maldives was investing heavily to deliver new services in the fastest possible time thus succeeded the competition. Currently they are providing GSM services throughout Maldives, with other value-added services. Ooredoo Maldives were the first operator to launch the first ever and fastest 3G and 4G Networks in the Maldives, and continued this trend by recently demonstrating the highest ever seen speeds in the country through 5G. Registered as a service provider in GCC, Ooredoo is already a leading mobile phone operator in the Middle East and North Africa. It is proven that Ooredoo is currently serving a total of more than three million customer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulhudhuffushi
Kulhudhuffushi () is the capital of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division on Thiladhunmathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. Kulhudhuffushi City is known as the "Heart of the North.". This city is famous for its mangroves (''Mashi Kulhi''), after which the island itself is named. History In the years 1812, 1819, and 1921, the island was affected by heavy rains and storms, causing substantial damage. The island was also affected during the Keylakunu storm which lost half the population of the island. Since then the island has been famous for unity and hard workers around the Maldives. The ancient people of the island of Kulhudhuffushi were famous for their courage and bravery during the wars fought against the enemies of the nation. Apart from that, the people of Kulhudhuffushi City led the whole Atoll Thiladhunmathi in a rebellion act held against the Malé government during the 1940s because of the unjust governance for the people of the north at the time. Geography Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakson Group
The Lakson Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh. History It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family. Subsidiaries Listed * Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business * Century Paper and Board Mills Limited, producer of packaging boards * Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan, manufacture and sale of detergents, personal care, and other related products in PakistanCompany Overview of The Lakson Group on bloomberg.com website Retrieved 31 January 2019 * Merit Packaging Limited, active in printing and packaging Unlisted * Century Publications, incorporated in 1998, publishes Urdu and Sindhi daily newspapers ''Express'' and ''Daily Sindh Express'' **[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the Geography of Pakistan, southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the Federal Capital Territory (Karachi), country's capital from 1947 to 1959. Ranked as a Global city, beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (Purchasing power parity, PPP) . Karachi is a metropolitan city and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities. The region has been inhabited for millennia, but the city was formally founded as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
