This week Total Telecom caught up with Anders Ljung, Business Manager for Submarine Cable Solutions at Hexatronic, to learn about the company’s progress and applaud the Swedish supplier for putting sustainability at the forefront of its agenda.
Welcome Anders. What do you consider to be the most exciting markets for the submarine cable industry right now?
Across the globe the subsea cable business is booming; entering 2022 the demand for capacity is as insistent as it was in preceding years. We’ve seen advances in technology for the repeatered market facilitating higher fiber count systems, ROADM technology and in some cases Aluminium cables. Unrepeatered technology continues to be the strong sibling to the active side of the business – already well developed technically, with high fiber count (192) cables in existence for several years now, and a robust mechanical design that is well qualified.
Different countries and regions require different submarine cable system designs, with festoons and interlinks typically leaning towards more economic passive solutions. This means that in certain regions, such as within Europe, the Caribbean or the Pacific Islands, we see a lot of activity on our side of the business, whilst trans-oceanic demand continues to preoccupy suppliers of repeatered systems…
