Geography of The Global Submarine Fiber-Opticcable Network:The Case for Arctic Ocean Solutions
The world is becoming ever more digitally connected. The submarine fiber-optic cable network is crucial for maintaining and developing this connectivity. This article first introduces the key characteristics of and required changes in the network. It then clarifies the network’s importance in genera...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/420edcb0-23de-473f-ab79-89adad1e5be7 2024-06-23T07:48:24+00:00 Geography of The Global Submarine Fiber-Opticcable Network:The Case for Arctic Ocean Solutions Saunavaara, Juha Salminen, Mirva 2020-06-25 https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/420edcb0-23de-473f-ab79-89adad1e5be7 https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2020.1773266 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087456716&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85087456716&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/420edcb0-23de-473f-ab79-89adad1e5be7 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Saunavaara , J & Salminen , M 2020 , ' Geography of The Global Submarine Fiber-Opticcable Network : The Case for Arctic Ocean Solutions ' , Geographical Review . https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2020.1773266 Arctic communications infrastructure development network submarine fiber-optic cables /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/17/2 name=International political science article 2020 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2020.1773266 2024-06-10T23:41:12Z The world is becoming ever more digitally connected. The submarine fiber-optic cable network is crucial for maintaining and developing this connectivity. This article first introduces the key characteristics of and required changes in the network. It then clarifies the network’s importance in generating and relaying meanings and practices that sustain contemporary, networked societies globally. Next, it focuses on the challenges of slowness or lack of faster connections and of concentration in critical communications infrastructure. By analyzing the reasons restraining long-awaited changes to the network, the article concludes that neither technological development nor laying of new submarine cables along existing cable routes resolves these challenges. However, recent submarine communications cable projects planning to utilize the seabed of the Arctic Ocean offer potential solutions by suggesting new routes and landings and shortening the cables that carry digital communications between Europe, North America, and East Asia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System Arctic Arctic Ocean Geographical Review 1 19 |
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The world is becoming ever more digitally connected. The submarine fiber-optic cable network is crucial for maintaining and developing this connectivity. This article first introduces the key characteristics of and required changes in the network. It then clarifies the network’s importance in generating and relaying meanings and practices that sustain contemporary, networked societies globally. Next, it focuses on the challenges of slowness or lack of faster connections and of concentration in critical communications infrastructure. By analyzing the reasons restraining long-awaited changes to the network, the article concludes that neither technological development nor laying of new submarine cables along existing cable routes resolves these challenges. However, recent submarine communications cable projects planning to utilize the seabed of the Arctic Ocean offer potential solutions by suggesting new routes and landings and shortening the cables that carry digital communications between Europe, North America, and East Asia. |
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