The most reliable way to connect countries through the internet is via submarine optical fiber cables. These cables stretch ...

Aiming to cut telecommunication costs, Indian Ocean nations are moving ahead on a fiber-optic cable project to connect countries in the region to each other and to intercontinental networks. The ...

Laced across the cold depths of the world's oceans is a network of multimillion-dollar cables, which have become the vital connections of our online lives. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

We often think that the internet on our phones comes from satellites or mobile towers. In reality, 99% of the world's internet traffic travels through undersea cables that span the globe.

Just last week, the cutting of optical cables under the Red Sea disrupted internet access in many countries around the world.

Conflicts in Europe and the Middle East risk disrupting the undersea network of cables that forms the backbone of global communications. Much of West and Central Africa was left without internet ...

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Last month tech giant Meta announced plans to build the world’s longest submarine communication cable. Known as ...