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RETN eyes Southern Europe growth with Barcelona PoP and 2Africa link

26th May 2026

4 minutes

RETN announces a new Barcelona PoP and a direct connection to Milan via the 2Africa submarine cable system.
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RETN launches cross-Romania backbone linking Balkans and Moldova

7th May 2026

3 minutes

RETN has launched a new backbone route through Romania into Moldova across one of Eastern Europe’s fastest-growing connectivity markets.
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Red sea risks highlight urgent need for subsea route diversification in the Middle East

15th Jan 2026

9 minutes

Rising capacity demand, legacy system retirement, and route diversity are accelerating a structural shift in regional connectivity.
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Ship likely cut subsea cables in the Red Sea, disrupting connectivity across three continents

9th Sep 2025

2 minutes

A ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea that disrupted internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, experts said Tuesday, underlining the vulnerability of global connectivity just over a year after another incident severed the same corridor.

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ITW: Cybersecurity demands greater accountability, industry leaders warn

6th May 2025

3 minutes

Cybersecurity leaders and policymakers have called for greater accountability and investment in the sector, emphasising its role not just as a cost, but as a business priority.
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RETN rolls out hundreds of 400G pluggables in Eurasian network upgrade

6th May 2025

2 minutes

Network services provider RETN has completed a full-scale deployment of 400GbE coherent pluggable optics across its Pan-Eurasian IP backbone, in what the company claims is one of the largest production-scale IP-over-DWDM (IPoDWDM) deployments to date.
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Insider Access: Building disaster-resilient networks in the Asia-Pacific

15th Jan 2025

5 minutes

The Asia-Pacific region is at the epicentre of the global connectivity revolution. Yet, it faces unique challenges due to frequent natural disasters, geopolitical complexities, and infrastructure vulnerabilities.
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Fragile lifelines: The rising threats and resilience of submarine cable networks

21st Nov 2024

6 minutes

Underneath the world's oceans lies a hidden lifeline for modern society: a network of submarine cables that carry 95% of global internet traffic.

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RETN reveals underestimated impact of Red Sea cable cuts, calls for industry overhaul

8th Oct 2024

3 minutes

RETN has issued a stark warning that the impact of the February 2024 cable cuts in the Red Sea, which were originally reported to have affected 25% of Europe-Asia data traffic, was severely underestimated.

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Tony O’Sullivan named CEO of RETN

13th Jan 2021

2 minutes

Tony O’Sullivan has been promoted to CEO of RETN, taking over from Dmitry Samarin, one of the company's founders.