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Would anyone kindly name a major company that install these mammoth cables underneath oceans? Surely they should be huge in valuation yet hidden away from the

Would anyone kindly name a major company that install these mammoth cables underneath oceans? Surely they should be huge in valuation yet hidden away from the public glare.

shereadsthenews 8y ago
They are built by the usual telecom and heavy industry names like Alcatel and NEC.
lclarkmichalek 8y ago
I wouldn't say they're that hidden. Marea (MS & FB trans atlantic cable) has a nice promotional site with videos and suchlike: https://news.microsoft.com/marea/ https://news.microsoft.com/marea/
karambahh 8y ago
Orange is a big player on this market, probably thanks to the fact that (as another user mentioned) Alcatel is one of the largest manufacturer (both historical french companies). You can follow Jean-Luc Vuillemin [0] on Twitter for very interesting pictures of ships laying cables around the world. One of the largest undersea cables plant is Alcatel in Calais, France (Dover straits). The factory is linked to the port by huge tunnels under the city. Unfortunately the Wikipedia page is only available in french but contains nice pictures[1] [0] https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin [1]https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatel_Submarine_Networks https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatel_Submarine_Networks
- godelmachine 8y ago
  Checked out the Twitter feed. Really great!
lb1lf 8y ago
Tyco / TE Subcom and Japan's NTT are two of the major players.
gkanai 8y ago
KDDI both builds transoceanic cable and has ships to install them. http://www.k-kcs.co.jp/english/cableShipKOL.html http://www.k-kcs.co.jp/english/cableShipKOL.html http://news.kddi.com/kddi/corporate/english/newsrelease/2017/09/01/2670.html http://news.kddi.com/kddi/corporate/english/newsrelease/2017...