PART 01: Executive summary • Highlights PART 02: Scope of the report • Market overview • Top-vendor offerings PART 03: Market research methodology • Research methodology • Economic indicators PART 04: Introduction • Key market highlights PART 05: Market landscape • Market overview • Increased Internet use worldwide • Macroeconomic factors affecting market • Five forces analysis PART 06: Market drivers • Increased demand for submarine cables in Africa • Growing demand for bandwidth • Demand from Pacific islands • Need for cloud data centers PART 07: Impact of drivers PART 08: Market challenges • National security concerns • Delay in project financing and maintenance activities • Cables with high capacity and long life reducing upgrades and new investment • Fiber cuts caused by human activities PART 09: Impact of drivers and challenges PART 10: Market trends • Increased deployment/upgrade of 100G and 400G submarine fiber cable systems • Declining cost of installation • Increase in upgrade activities PART 11: Market segmentation by project type • Market overview • New projects • Upgrade projects PART 12: Market segmentation by investment • Market overview • Consortiums • Private enterprises • Multilateral development banks PART 13: Geographical segmentation • Market overview • Americas • EMEA • Indian Ocean Pan-East Asia • Australasia • Transatlantic region • Transpacific region PART 14: Vendor landscape • Competitive scenario • Other prominent vendors PART 15: Key vendor analysis • Alcatel-Lucent • Fujitsu • Huawei Marine Networks • NEC • TE SubCom PART 16: Appendix • List of abbreviations PART 17: Explore Technavio List of Exhibits Exhibit 01: Product/service offerings of key vendors Exhibit 02: Submarine fiber cable market by project type 2015-2020 Exhibit 03: Submarine fiber cable market by investment type 2015-2020 Exhibit 04: Global submarine fiber cable market Exhibit 05: Global submarine fiber cable market 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 06: Internet usage by individuals - by region 2005-2014 Exhibit 07: Five forces analysis Exhibit 08: Factors propelling demand for submarine cables in Africa Exhibit 09: Global bandwidth requirement 2015-2020 (Tbps) Exhibit 10: Bandwidth in various regions 2010-2015 (Tbps) Exhibit 11: Total bandwidth of key regions in submarine fiber cable market 2010-2015 (Tbps) Exhibit 12: Impact of drivers Exhibit 13: Key strategies for reducing project financing delays Exhibit 14: Impact of drivers and challenges Exhibit 15: Average cost per kilometer for deployment of submarine fiber cables 2014-2020 Exhibit 16: System upgrades from 2011 to 2015 (number of systems) Exhibit 17: Market share for upgrade projects 2010-2015 (%) Exhibit 18: Global submarine fiber cable market by project type 2015-2020 Exhibit 19: Global submarine fiber cable market by new projects 2015-2020 Exhibit 20: Comparison of GDP growth rate in Brazil 2013-2016 Exhibit 21: Global submarine fiber cable market vendor analysis by new projects 2015 Exhibit 22: Upgrade projects 2013-2015 (number of projects) Exhibit 23: Global submarine fiber cable market by upgrade projects 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 24: Upgrades by region 2015 (%) Exhibit 25: Global submarime fiber cable market vendors by upgrade projects 2015 (%) Exhibit 26: Global submarine fiber cable market by investment 2015-2020 Exhibit 27: Advantages and disadvantages by investment type Exhibit 28: Global submarine fiber cable market by consortiums 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 29: Global submarine fiber cable market by consortiums — based on regions 2015-2020 Exhibit 30: Key news: Submarine fiber cable market by consortiums 2014-2015 Exhibit 31: Global submarine fiber cable market by consortiums – based on project types 2015-2020 Exhibit 32: Global submarine fiber cable market by private enterprises 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 33: Global submarine fiber cable market by private enterprise investment – based on regions 2015-2020 Exhibit 34: Global submarine fiber cable market by private enterprise investment – based on project types 2015-2020 Exhibit 35: Global submarine fiber cable market by multilateral development banks 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 36: Global submarine fiber cable market by multilateral development banks — based on regions 2015-2020 Exhibit 37: Key news: Submarine fiber cable market by multilateral development banks 2014-2015 Exhibit 38: Global submarine fiber cable market by multilateral development banks — based on project types 2015-2020 Exhibit 39: Global submarine fiber cable market 2015-2020 (%) Exhibit 40: Submarine fiber cable market in Americas 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 41: Household with Internet access and individuals using Internet in Americas 2010-2015 (%) Exhibit 42: Top four countries based on individual usage of Internet 2010-2015 Exhibit 43: Submarine fiber cable market in EMEA Exhibit 44: Household with Internet access and individuals using Internet in EMEA 2010-2015 (%) Exhibit 45: Top three countries based on individual usage of Internet 2010-2015 Exhibit 46: Submarine fiber cable market in Indian Ocean Pan-East Asia 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 47: Household with Internet access and individuals using Internet in Indian Ocean Pan-East Asia 2010-2015 (%) Exhibit 48: Top three countries based on individual usage of Internet 2010-2015 Exhibit 49: Submarine fiber cable market in Australasia 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 50: Household with Internet access and individuals using Internet in Australia 2010-2015 (%) Exhibit 51: Submarine fiber cable market in Transatlantic region 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 52: Submarine fiber cable market in Transpacific region 2015-2020 ($ billions) Exhibit 53: Kilometers of cables produced by key companies 2015 Exhibit 54: Market share by planned systems 2016 Exhibit 55: Other prominent vendors

Alcatel-Lucent, Fujitsu, Huawei Marine Networks, NEC, TE SubCom, Ciena, E-Marine, Elettra, Global Marine Systems, Kokusai, Nexans, NSW, S.B submarine system, Xtera Communications.