Submarine Cable Industry Links

This page was last updated on 15 January 2008

This page provides useful links to other organisations involved or associated with the submarine cable industry. If you would like to have your organisation added, please contact the Secretary.

Submarine Cable System Owners

• AT&T
• British Telecom
• Cable and Wireless plc
• Deutsche Telekom
• Etisalat (UAE)
• FARICE
• Interoute
• France Telecom
• Gemini Submarine Cable System Limited
• International Digital Communications, Inc. (IDC, Japan)
• IDT
• IT International Telecom Inc.
• MCI
• PT Cable, Inc
• SAFE/SAT3 Cable System
• SAIC
• SingTel
• Southern Cross Cables Limited
• Sprint
• Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd
• Telecom Italia
• TDC
• Telecom New Zealand
• Telefonica de España
• Telekom Malaysia
• Teleglobe
• Telkom SA
• Telenor
• TeliaSonera

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Regional Cable Protection Committees and Cable Owners Associations

• North American Submarine Cable Association  (NASCA)
• United Kingdom Cable Protection Committee (UKCPC)
• Danish Cable Protection Committee (DKCPC)

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Submarine Cable System Suppliers

• Alcatel
• Corning, Optical fibre only
• Ericsson
• Fujitsu
• Hesfibel Fibre and cable supplier
• NEC Japan, NEC USA
• Nortel
• NSW
• Optical Cable Corp. (US) Optical cable (terrestrial)
• Pirelli
• South Bay Cable (US) Various cable types
• Tyco Telecommunications

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Submarine Cable System Installers

• ASEAN Cableship
• Baltic Offshore AB
• e-marine
• Global Marine Systems Limited
• Hesfibel
• IT International Telecom Inc.
• KCS
• Noordhoek Offshore
• SAIC
• Tyco Telecommunications
• Van Oord Offshore

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Surveyors

• EGS Ltd
• Fugro NV
• Geo Lab
• Global Marine Systems Limited
• Racal Survey
• SAIC
• Tower Hydrographics (UK) Ltd
• Tyco Telecommunications
• Williamson & Associates, Inc.

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Wind Energy

• AMEC Wind farm developers, project conception, engineering, management and operation and maintenance
• British Wind Energy Association
• C-Power NV Wind farm on the Thornton Bank, 27 to 30 km in the North Sea
• Offshore Wind Energy Overview with links to many other websites
• UK Crown Estate

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General Services

• 3U Technologies Technical support services including project management, engineering and consulting
• A-2-Sea Solutions Ltd  Maintenance service for submarine cable system land routes
• Balmoral Offshore Engineering Design and manufacture of cable protection and flotation; surface/subsurface and ROV buoyancy; navigation aids
• Caley Ocean Systems  Cabling equipment
• Carlton Fields Legal representation for cable landing projects in Florida
• CRP Group Uraduct cable protection and syntactic foam subsea buoyancy modules
• Datawave International Submarine communication systems providing project funding support, engineering services, planning/budgeting, project management and maintenance expertise.
• David Ross Group Services span the lifecycle of a telecom venture - from concept, through planning, design, operation, maintenance and upgrade.
• Dynacon Cable handling equipment
• Eclypse International  HT wiring analyzers for submarine applications
• Flotec Flotation for ROVs, syntatic foam, trawl resistors
• General Dynamics Global GIS Data
• Geo Lab Cable protection, trenching and burial
• Holland & Knight LLP Specialists in International Legislation
• ICS (Installations) Ltd. Innovative cable solutions
• ISE (Canada) Control systems, ROVs, manipulators
• Intership Ltd  Barges
• IT International Telecom Inc. Articulated piping, engineering, installation and maintenance services
• MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd Fisheries and marine environmental consultants
• Noordhoek Offshore Trenching services
• North State Resources, Inc Environmental studies and permitting services for submarine cable landing projects
• PPL Marine Products Polyurethane cable and pipe protection ducting, clamping systems and bend stiffeners
• PRODECT innovations Cable and pipe protection systems, splicing and testing equipment, piling and foundation equipment
• SEtech Cable routing, protection and installation consultants.
• Sky Kogyo Co. Ltd Cable and wire length measuring equipment
• Soil Machine Dynamics (UK)  Cable burial ploughs, ROVs
• Sonsub International   Remote intervention engineering, ROVs
• Tower Hydrographics (UK) Ltd Taylored navigation software for cable installation, repair, PLIB and support operations.
• Universal Jointing Consortium Cable jointing
• Van Oord Offshore Cable protection and rock dumping
• Variant Inc Landing site selection, Route selection and engineering, owner representation
• TSS International Manufacturers of tracking and survey systems for subsea buried cables
• WFN Strategies Submarine Telecoms business consultancy and project support services

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Information:

• FCC: U.S. Federal Communications Commission Submarine Cable Landing License Information
• Fibre Optic Conferences Calendar of upcoming events provided by IGI
• Geoscience Australia Web based Marine Information System
• Holland & Knight LLP Cable law attorneys
  Note: If you want to receive free maritime law updates via an electronic newsletter - Maritime Items - please send your request Douglas Burnett at dburnett@hklaw.com  
  Please include your name, title or position, company or affiliation, postal address, telephone and fax numbers.
• International Seabed Authority is an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
• KMI Corporation Cable Maps, Consulting Services
• Maritime Items Free subscription to maritime law updates via an electronic newsletter from Holland and Knight LLP
• PORT (Marine Information Gateway)
• Qualtrack Ltd Performance Measures in the Submarine Cable Industry
• Sea Fish Industry Authority serving the UK Fish Industry
• SubCableNews Newsletter for the whole industry involved in the submarine cable market.
• Submarine Telecoms Forum Magazine (free subscription)
• T Soja & Associates Global Telecom Market Analysis
• Terabit Consulting Undersea cable market analysis
• Underwater Magazine (free subscription)

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Related Organisations:

• FCC: U.S. Federal Communications Commission
• Intelsat  World's largest commercial satellite services provider.
• International Association of Geophysical Contractors Represents the interests of people and companies providing or supporting all phases of geophysical exploration in search of oil and gas supplies.
• Oregon Fishermen's Cable Committee
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Subsea Oil Production Links The subsea oil industry internet portal. Subsea equipment and company database and industry news.
• USENET Newsgroup  Telecommunications
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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