The Digital Digest: petabit cables, electronic warfare and inside scoops from Ashley Yablon

We roundup the biggest stories of the week from the world’s first
half petabit trans-Atlantic subsea cable to Russian electronic
warfare.


Saf shares the details of his trip to MWC, which took place in
Barcelona at the start of the month; Natalie explains how the
world’s first half petabit trans-Atlantic subsea cable fits in
with Meta's plans for the Metaverse; and Alan delves into the
Viasat outage in Ukraine and the implications for telecoms
infrastructure of all types.


Joining the conversation this week attorney-turned-whistle blower
Ashley Yablon shares the inside scoop from his time as general
counsel at ZTE's US subsidiary in Texas. Yablon informed the FBI
that ZTE was illegally selling spy technology to Iran and the
firm was fined $1.19 billion.


Season 4, episode 10 is presented by editor Melanie Mingas and
edited by Richard Cosgrove. 


The episode features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy
editor Natalie Bannerman and reporter Saf Malik.Keep up with all
the latest from our magazines, news and events over at
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