Although fiber optic internet cable has many advantages over metal cable, it frequently has to be distributed underground – this limits its usability. Facebook, however, has developed a robot that ...

Facebook says it expects the 2Africa cable system to connect 3 billion people when it goes into service in 2023. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...

2Africa, a subsea cable project funded by Facebook and several telcos, will become the longest subsea cable system ever deployed by the time it's finished. The social network has announced that the ...