The TeleGeography Submarine Cable Map is our longest-running map challenge. We began producing submarine cable maps in 1999, and we’re nonetheless going robust 25 years later.
Only for enjoyable, let’s evaluate the very first version—known as the International Communications Cable and Satellite tv for pc Map—to this 12 months’s Submarine Cable Map.
Right here’s a side-by-side comparability of the 2:
The 1999 International Communications Cable and Satellite tv for pc Map (left) targeted totally on the bodily infrastructure of submarine cable techniques and geostationary satellites, chronicling how advances in fiber optic expertise allowed for submarine cables to surpass satellites because the spine of recent telecommunications.
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All through the early 2000s, the group discovered themes that we’ve continued to hold all through all our maps: knowledge about submarine cable bandwidth progress, completely different costs which can be out there on submarine cables, and the associated fee to construct these cables.
Our newest model, the 2024 Submarine Cable Map, explores world connectivity from the ocean to the cloud, depicting 559 cable techniques and 1,636 landings which can be at present lively or beneath development. On the backside of the map, you’ll discover extra insights on cable development, cable investments, and cloud infrastructure.
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