Feb. 18 (UPI) --Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, confirmed plans Monday to build the world's longest ...

It will also reach five major continents – making it the world’s longest subsea cable project using the highest-capacity technology available. Meta says that Project Waterworth will bring top ...

The project was launched in 2020 by a group of telecom operators including Telecom Egypt, Meta Platforms Inc ... combined capacity of all existing subsea cables serving Africa.

Data-hungry digital giants like Meta have in recent years muscled in to the world of subsea cables that was once the province of dedicated telecoms providers. "At some point when your growth is so ...