FiberSense in the News

- September 11, 2023
Good Design Award – Winner
Our innovative technology, DigitalAsset Marine™️, has won a Good Design Award in the Engineering Design category. The announcement was made on September 8, 2023, at the Australian Good Design Awards, the country’s most prestigious international design awards.
The Good Design Awards recognize excellence across multiple design disciplines. The judges were particularly impressed with the engineering excellence of DigitalAsset Marine™️, but also “the innovation and design impact” that we brought to our sector, according to Dr. Brandon Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia.
Standing out from the almost 1000 entries, FiberSense technology has again been recognised for its game changing sensing as a service. The award is a celebration of the transformative power of design to find innovative, customer-centric solutions to local and global challenges.
Our project won out against entries from around the world, evaluated by a panel of over 70 expert jurors. It exemplifies our commitment to innovation and design that has real-world impact.
Click here for more information on the award.

- September 7, 2023
Shortlisted – 2023 Global Carrier Awards – Innovation Disruptor of the Year
FiberSense has been shortlisted for the 2023 Global Carrier Awards in the Innovation Disruptor of the Year category.
This nomination serves as a powerful endorsement of our team’s dedication to excellence. We’re proud of our world-class technical and commercial teams, who specialize in maximising the practical benefits of the intersection of fiber optic sensing, integrated photonics, sonar signal processing, and machine learning to deliver real-world applications that truly make a difference.
Thank you for your continued support and here’s to pushing the boundaries of innovation!

- August 15, 2023
Innovative earthquake monitoring trials underway in New Zealand
We are pleased to announce a partnership with New Zealand’s geoscience authority GNS Science, Te Pū Ao (GNS) to evaluate FiberSense’s world leading sensing solution to monitor and detect seismic activity in and around Wellington City.
The 12-month commercial pilot will provide GNS scientists with access to the unique FiberSense DigitalSeismic™ data stream.
GNS, through its GeoNet programme, will work with FiberSense technical experts on the data collection and processing tools to assess the DigitalSeismic™ technology.
Full Press Release –> Here

- January 30, 2023
Pipeliners Podcast Appearance

- December 6, 2022
DigitalAsset Marine™️ highly commended at Glotel Awards 2022
Our subsea cable monitoring platform, DigitalAsset Marine™️ was recently highly commended at the Annual Global Telecoms Awards in the Digital Infrastructure Innovation category. We were the only company to earn the “highly commended distinction” in this category.
The Global Telecoms Awards, also known as the Glotel Awards, recognizes innovation and excellence from companies that strive to advance the world’s telecoms industry.
DigitalAsset Marine™️ uses advanced sensing technology to monitor subsea cables on the seabed, offering real-time threat detection and live monitoring of the vital cables that keep the world connected.
Learn more about DigitalAsset Marine™️.

- November 7, 2022
2022 Glotel Shortlist for Digital InfraStructure Innovation
FiberSense’s commitment to innovation has again been recognised, with our DigitalAsset Marine™️ product being shortlisted in the “Digital infrastructure Innovation” category of the 2022 GLOTEL Awards, by @telecoms.com
Winners will be announced in London on 1st December. For more information – click here.

- November 1, 2022
Dr Mark Englund Receives 2022 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
FiberSense founder and CEO, Dr Mark Englund, has been awarded with the 2022 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award. This prestigious award recognises outstanding ICT professionals who have demonstrated innovation, taken risks, made a difference and are an inspiration to others in the industry and the wider community.
Congratulations Mark for the recognition, and compliments to the other finalists.
View the LinkedIn Post – here
Full Press Release available here

- October 24, 2022
nbn Trials Innovative DigitalAsset™️ To Monitor Fiber
FiberSense is proud to contribute our innovative sensing solution to a joint initiative with nbn to monitor and prevent accidental damage to the nbn fibre cable network.
In a three-month trial, nbn will use FiberSense DigitalAsset®️ to detect certain vibrational frequencies on fibre and link that data with artificial intelligence to determine whether the events detected are likely to lead to damage to the network. This would include the impact from excavation or other unauthorised digging activity near nbn’s fibre optic cables.
More details available in the full release – here.

- October 17, 2022
Ex-Google Infrastructure Executive and Industry Icon Mark Sokol Joins the FiberSense Board as a Director
This is a big deal. We are delighted to announce the appointment of ex-Google head of infrastructure and industry icon, Mark Sokol to the Board.
Mark brings an extensive track record in delivering new technology and the infrastructure to support them to market at global scale.
Mark’s leadership is a significant addition to the FiberSense Board as we continue to bring on new customers around the globe with DigitalAsset™️ and DigitalAsset™️ Marine.
Mark’s appointment to the FibreSense Board is in addition to his role as AtlasEdge CTO.
The full press release is available here.

- September 30, 2022
FiberSense on RNZ
We had an amazing level of interest regarding the world’s first capabilities that we are rolling out for earthquake early warning and enhanced community safety.
CEO and Founder Mark Englund was interviewed by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) where he discussed how we can now measure the scale of impact of a quake right down to a building-by-building level.
FiberSense technology is a game changer for how communities will respond to seismic hazards, provide advanced early warning systems, and turbo charge the quality of data to aid in detection and response of natural disasters.
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You can listen to the podcast here – https://pipelinepodcastnetwork.com/fiber-optic-sensing-as-a-service/