Zvika Caspy | VP Sales Europe
Sparkle

Submarine Networks EMEA 2026 - Day 2 @ 09:00

Geopolitics and the submarine cable industry

• A growing number of governments now recognise subsea telecommunications cables as critical infrastructure, vital to national security, the economy and the delivery of public services. What should such a qualification mean for public-private cooperation around threat detection and incident response?  
• Is intentional damage to subsea cables by States or State-backed actors really increasing as often reported by the media?  
• In what way would the response to such threats differ from the kinds of threats the industry traditionally deals with?  
• What are the opportunities of current geopolitical developments for the subsea cable industry? Are there evident winners and losers? 
• From a corporate strategy perspective, how should the industry be thinking about future geopolitical risks?