Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, the undersea cables subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has signed a turnkey contract with Amper SA subsidiary Bluesky Pacific Group to roll out a new submarine cable system spanning more than 9,700 km across the Pacific linking New Zealand and Hawaii via Samoa and the Cook Islands.

Read more: Alcatel Lucent submarine networks to build NZ-Hawaii cable

Brunei teleco, Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru) has selected Aptilo Networks to supply 60 Wi-Fi hotspots and the Aptilo Service Management Platform to support its nationwide Wi-Fi service.

According to Aptilo, the platform enables the creation of a highly scalable Wi-Fi network in which users enjoy ""invisible"" handoffs when roaming between Wi-Fi hotspots.

Read more: Telekom Brunei picks Aptilo for nationwide Wi-Fi net

Bangladesh telco, Global Voice Telecom Limited (gvtele) has upgraded its international gateway with Dialogic's IMS-ready intelligent call and session control solutions to help lower costs and position itself to provide advanced services to the Bangladesh market.

Read more: Dialogic upgrades Bangladesh telco's international gateway

The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) has selected Brocade's network technology to support the world's first 100Gbps Research and Education (R&E) network link between Asia and the United States, as a part of Pacific Wave.

Read more: Brocade chosen for first 100Gbps trans-Pacific research and education network