WEBINAR

Submarine cable networks reach new growth heights

In this webinar, we’ll look at how the submarine network market will shape for 2026 and beyond. Register today!

October 22, 2025

5:00 PM UTC

1 hour

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October 22nd, 2025

1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 10:00 AM PT / 5:00 PM GMT

Duration: 1 hour

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Summary

Submarine cable network builds continue to rise. A recent TeleGeography report forecasts that between 2023 and 2026, a new cable boom valued at a record $10 billion will bring an estimated 78 systems online measuring over 300,000 kilometers in length, a growth not seen in over 20 years. Since 2018, content providers have added capacity faster than other bandwidth users. Google and Meta—driven by their bandwidth-intensive requirements for search, video, and social media—have invested in 29 and 15 submarine cable systems, respectively. In this webinar, we’ll look at how the submarine network market will shape for 2026 and beyond.

Speakers

Speakers

Matt Updenkelder

VP, Infrastructure Development

Astound Business Solutions

Matt Updenkelder is a telecom executive in Newport, Oregon, where he has grown up, lived and worked for many years. He serves as the vice president of infrastructure development with Astound Broadband. He previously served as the company’s director of commercial business development then as senior director of construction. He is responsible for developing and implementing overall company sales strategies for subsea cable landings and related infrastructure as well as the design, engineering and sales of complex fiber optic solutions nationally.

Gil Santaliz

Founder and CEO

NJFX

Gil Santaliz is the Founder and CEO of NJFX, as well as the visionary behind developing NJFX as North America’s preeminent international hub for subsea communications, interconnecting many international carriers across three continents with multiple predictable, private backhaul and U.S. termination options.

Moderator

Sean Buckley

Editor in Chief

LIGHTWAVE

Sean Buckley is the Editor in Chief of Lightwave.

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