To unfold some cheer and have fun the start of the vacation season, we’re dubbing this month’s studying listing the “excellent news version.”
Listed here are three feel-good telecom headlines which you can be grateful for whereas ready in line for these Black Friday offers.
Ulstein Chosen to Design Subsequent-Era Cable Laying Vessel
Final November, we mentioned a scarcity of undersea cable-laying ships. Whereas that is nonetheless an ongoing subject within the business, there’s a beacon of hope: a brand new vessel.
In keeping with this Ocean Information & Expertise article, “Megamas Sources will probably be introducing 2 new-builds with the primary focusing on to be prepared for service early 2026, to fill the hole in assembly the business calls for.”
Click on the hyperlink above to be taught extra in regards to the new and revolutionary design.
FCC seeks to safe college broadband networks
Earlier this month, the FCC launched a public discover pitching a pilot program that will “assist Ok-12 faculties and libraries handle the rising cyber threats and assaults in opposition to their broadband networks and knowledge.”
Mild Studying has the total scoop on this proposed $200 million, three-year plan.
AI early warning system to assist shield marine mammals
In partnership with WWF South Africa, Vodacom is doing its half to guard marine mammals. How, you ask?
With using cameras and hydrophones, Vodacom’s AI-based know-how answer can alert mussel farmers about whales within the Saldanha Bay Aquaculture Improvement Zone and activate the mandatory protocol within the occasion of an entanglement.
“Past its means to stop whale entanglements, the early warning system can even be used to assemble scientific knowledge by recording the motion of marine life and will assist to stop ship strikes for different superpods, equivalent to seals and dolphins. As soon as the pilot challenge has been accomplished in Saldanha Bay, the answer will be expanded to different coastal areas and fisheries.”
This has acquired to be the primary time we have talked about mussel farming on the TeleGeography weblog.
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