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31/08/2026

𝟱𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰

India's market regulator has cleared Jio Platforms, India's biggest telecom and digital services operator, to launch its public issue — potentially the country's largest IPO ever. The company is expected to raise around ₹377 billion (~$3.9 billion), beating the previous record held by Hyundai Motor India.

The offer covers up to 270 million new shares, with proceeds going to cut debt at Reliance Jio Infocomm. Meta's affiliate Jaadhu Holdings (~10%) and Google International (7.7%) are staying put — neither is selling.Meanwhile, the National Stock Exchange's own mega-listing is still waiting on regulatory clearance.

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India's largest digital and telecom operator, Jio Platforms, got a regulatory nod for an IPO, but the National Stock Exchange, another mega issue, is still awaiting regulatory clearance.

25/08/2026

$𝟱𝟯𝗠 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿

Bangladesh's Posts and Telecommunications Division has told authorities not to clear the two cable ships hired to lay the country's first privately funded subsea cable — no clearance without a formal recommendation from the division.

The BPCS consortium (Summit Communications, CdNet Communications, Metacore Subcom) has already sunk around $53 million into preparatory work. The stated concerns: licence conditions, national security, and protecting the state-backed incumbent's investment.

A reminder that in wholesale connectivity, the hardest part is rarely the engineering. It's the permit.

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Bangladesh has withheld vessel clearance for the first private subsea cable, delaying BPCS installation and raising approval barriers.

20/07/2026

𝗧𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘀 $𝟭𝟱𝟮𝗠 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮–𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗿

Tata Communications is investing $152 million to add 98 Tbps of subsea capacity between India and Singapore, one of the world's busiest digital corridors. The plan splits across two cables: a $63M upgrade on the MIST system (Mumbai–Singapore, 20 Tbps, RFS Q4 FY27) and $89M into the new Project CS / I-2SEA consortium build (Chennai–Singapore, 78 Tbps, RFS ~2030). The goal is to feed surging AI, hyperscaler, and cloud demand, with the new capacity backhauled into Tata's 200,000 km Indian fiber network and 100+ data centres. Funded entirely through internal accruals.
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Tata has announced a cumulative investment of $152 million USD on two subsea cables, MIST and Project CS. The major capital deployment is specifically engi

01/07/2026

It's live. Orange Tunisia just activated the Medusa submarine cable—a major leap forward for international connectivity across the Mediterranean.

Orange Tunisia has announced the operational commissioning of the Medusa submarine cable, a strategic digital infrastructure that sustainably strengthens Tunisia’s international connectivity and consolidates its positioning as a digital gateway between the two shores of the Mediterranean. After la...

08/06/2026

ViaTunisia reaches Ready for Service: a new direct subsea link between Europe and North Africa is now operational.

The ViaTunisia subsea cable segment between Marseille in France, and Bizerte in Tunisia, has reached Ready for Service (RFS), marking the transition from construction to full operational availability

30/05/2026

The Internet Runs on Undersea Cables. 17 Countries Just Pledged to Defend Them. Details:

Singapore’s defence chief tells the Shangri-La Dialogue the pact aims to explore potential areas of collaboration and share best practices.

25/05/2026

South America's Digital Backbone Just Got Stronger 💪 — Sparkle and Entel Bolivia Are Making the Bi-Oceanic Corridor a Reality
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Sparkle and Entel Bolivia, the country’s largest telecommunications company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly commercialize a terrestr

18/05/2026

Via Africa: a new submarine cable connecting Europe and Africa.

Canalink, GUILAB, International Mauritania Telecom, the Orange Group, Orange Côte d'Ivoire, Sonatel, and Silverlinks announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the Via Africa submarine cable project. This agreement confirms a shared ambition: to develop international conn...

04/05/2026

Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking to strengthen its international connectivity. Link:

DRC plans new submarine, regional links to boost connectivity Country relies on two cables amid outages, limited redundancy Expansion aims to cut costs, support growing digital demand The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking to strengthen its international connectivity infrastructure in response....

27/04/2026

Mauritius Telecom CEO interview "breaking silos, building bridges, and putting Mauritius on the digital map"