GOOGLE TO BUILD UNDERSEA CABLES TO BOOST CLOUD BUSINESSGoogle plans to build three new undersea cables to speed up connections with newrnregions as it looks to better its cloud business and compete with Amazon and Microsoft.Sam VargheseExchange...
skip to main content klint finley business jun 30, 2016 7:00 am google just plugged into japan with its own undersea cable google just plugged itself straight into japan, turning on a giant internet cable that stretches across the pacific. getty images save save google just plugged itself ...
Alphabet’s subsidiary brand Google Cloud has spent almost $30 billion to improve the infrastructure in the last three years. The company continues to overcome many technical difficulties using subsea cables, which is the new standard for the wired data transfer across the world. The ...
Google and Facebook are working with Pacific Light Data Communication Company and with undersea communications technology firm TE SubCom on a high-capacity internet cable that will run from Los Angeles to Hong Kong Google and Facebook on Wednesday announced plans to work with a China Soft Power H...
LISBON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. internet giant company Google announced on Friday to launch its third undersea internet cable (a private initiative) between Europe and Africa linking Portugal with South Africa, Portuguese Lusa News Agency reported. ...
A planned Asia-Pacific data cable called Apricot would boost connection speeds for the region, according to Google and Facebook, which are joining the project. Google and Facebook on Monday unveiled plans for a new undersea internet cable connecting Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan...
The web of undersea cables that transmit data around the world could one day be used to track earthquakes and tsunamis, according to new research. During a test run last year, one of Google’s fiber-optic cables was able to successfully pick up on nearby earthquakes by detecting distortions ...
This isn’t Google’s first undersea cable investment, either. The company hasinvested in two other undersea cablesthat connect the US to South America, Japan, and other parts of Asia. These types of cables open up the possibility for dramatic increases in both overall connectivity and network...
This map shows how undersea cables build the backbone of the internet.Submarine Cable Map / NA By using light as its medium, Taara is able to find near-infinite bandwidth in the middle of the spectrum. A quick science lesson: the electromagnetic spectrum is broken down into different frequenci...
data cables. we asked google about this, and if they have any idea why sharks would want to eat fiber optic cables, but they had nothing to say. but apparently it's a thing, as you can see in the video below. as google expands its online empire, undersea cables are becoming an ...