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Transpacific submarine cable Faster

01.07.2016

The laying and testing of the FASTER Cable System trans-Pacific submarine cable connecting the USA and Japan has been completed. The 60 Tbps data rate system is ready to go. The 9000 km cable was laid from Oregon (USA) to Chiba and Mie prefectures. The system has extended connectivity to major US West Coast hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. In Japan, FASTER Cable System will provide connectivity to major cities in the country, as well as expand connectivity to other hubs in Asian countries.

The start of construction of the system was announced in August 2014 by the FASTER international consortium, which included China Mobile International, China Telecom Global, Global Transit, KDDI, Google and SingTel. The six-pair fiber optic cable was laid by NEC. The project cost was $300 million.

The FASTER Cable System is the only one of its kind capable of delivering data rates up to 60 Tbps using six pairs of low loss fiber optic strands.

This is not Google's first investment in a submarine cable project. The company financed the laying of two submarine fiber optic systems that connect the US with South America, Japan and other regions of Asia.

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