JUNE 24, 2008 -- Tyco Telecommunications (U.S.) Inc. (search for Tyco) and NEC Corp. (search for NEC) have begun construction on the Unity Cable System, a high-bandwidth trans-Pacific, optical submarine cable system that will link Los Angeles to Chikura, Japan. The contract for the project was signed on February 23, 2008, between the Unity Consortium, comprising six purchasers -- Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI, Pacnet and SingTel -- and suppliers Tyco Telecommunications and NEC.
The Unity Cable System is a multi-fiber pair system, with each fiber pair capable of carrying up to 960 Gbits/sec of data. Tyco Telecommunications and NEC will each manufacture a portion of the undersea system. Tyco Telecommunications will install the undersea cable from the U.S. end, and NEC will install the undersea cable from the Japan end. The cables will be interfaced on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean.
The Unity Cable System will target the demand for connectivity between the U.S. and Japan that has been increasing since the activation of the last trans-Pacific system in 2002. Additionally, the Unity Cable System will connect to various intra-Asian cable systems to facilitate seamless connectivity to other major cities in Asia.
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