Global Consortium to Construct Trans-Pacific Cable System
Posted on: Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 12:00 CST
A Consortium of six international companies have announced that they have executed agreements to build a high-bandwidth subsea fiber optic cable linking the US and Japan. The construction of the new Trans-Pacific infrastructure will cost an estimated $300 million.
The new cable system, named Unity, will address broadband demand by providing capacity to sustain the growth in data and internet traffic between Asia and the US. Unity is expected to initially increase Trans-Pacific lit cable capacity by about 20%, with a potential to add up to 7.68 Terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth across the Pacific.
The Unity consortium is a joint effort by Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI, Pacnet and SingTel. This new 10,000 kilometer trans-Pacific cable will provide connectivity between Chikura, located off the coast near Tokyo, to Los Angeles and other west coast network points of presence. At Chikura, Unity will be connected to other cable systems, further enhancing connectivity into Asia.
The Unity consortium selected NEC and Tyco Telecommunications to construct and install the system. Construction will begin immediately, with initial capacity targeted to be available in the first quarter of 2010.
Jayne Stowell, spokesperson of Unity, said: "The Unity cable system allows the members of the consortium to provide the increased capacity needed as more applications and services migrate online, giving users faster and more reliable connectivity."
Source: Datamonitor
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