Sharks and cables (again!) – and how the very first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable was uplifted from the ocean floor in 2025.

We normally bring you stories of the global subsea cable infrastructure’s expansion.

But here’s an interesting wee tale from early 2026, explaining how history was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fibre-optic cable from the ocean floor.

(A (free?) subscription is required to read the whole article. However, for free, you do get to peep at a suitably sensationalist picture of a shark biting a cable. Followed by text stating clearly that sharks don’t bite cables. Hmmm. Interesting…)