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South Florida data center and interconnection hub anchors new submarine cable between North America and Brazil

Ocean Specialists is proud to support all of its clients and we are happy to share when recent developments work in their favor. The following news release describes a recent milestone reached on Angola Cables’ Monet Submarine Cable.

Equinix, Inc.(Nasdaq:EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced it has been selected by the Monet Submarine Cable investors to provide U.S. facilities and services for the next-generation cable landing station architecture to support the Monet Submarine Cable System ("Monet").

Ocean Specialists Inc. is pleased to recognize the accomplishments of our clients and honored when we can share their good news with the industry. The following news release offers details into DOCOMO PACIFIC’s recent success involving their efforts with the “ATISA” submarine cable.

Tamuning, Guam – DOCOMO PACIFIC achieved another important milestone in deploying the ATISA submarine cable by completing the marine surveys of the undersea path leading to the cable landing sites on Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian, which is the next step in the route selection process.

The submarine fiber optic cable industry is in the midst of a major building spree. Since 2014, supply contracts for nearly 150,000 kilometers of new cable systems have been announced, including nearly 25,000 kilometers in the first six months of 2016. Although this pace is down a bit from earlier six-month periods, it still indicates significant growth.

Tracking announcements of new systems gives some insight into the level of optimism in the industry for the need for new cables and the ability to raise money to build them, even if these cables do not ultimately get built.

The recently released second edition of Undersea Fiber Communication Systems provides an updated, detailed explanation of all technical aspects of undersea communications systems, with an emphasis on the most recent breakthroughs of optical submarine cable technologies.

Following their recent announcement of a partnership that will install over 17,000km of new subsea cable directly connecting Angola, Brazil and the United States, Angola Cables has affirmed and praised Ocean Specialists, Incorporated (OSI) for the highly strategic role the subsea cable advisory and project management firm has played in the design and development of Angola Cables’ global network build out.