Unity cable across Pacific commissioned
02-04-2010
Bharti strengthens its international bandwidth infrastructure
Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel said a global consortium of which it is a part has launched an undersea cable between Japan and the west coast of the US, providing high-capacity bandwidth access across the Pacific.
Besides Bharti Airtel, the other partners of the Unity consortium include Global Transit, Google, KDDI Corp, Pacnet and SingTel.
Construction of the 9,620 km submarine cable system was first announced in February 2008. The cable system was built at a cost of $300 million, Bharti said.
"This is in line with our vision to offer multiple paths and create a robust undersea cable infrastructure for our customers" Bharti Airtel Executive Director-Enterprise Services Rajan Swaroop said.
Bharti Airtel's investments in Unity are part of its plans to expand its global network. It owns the 'i2i' submarine cable system, and is part of consortia that own cable systems like SEA-ME-WE 4, EIG, I-ME-WE and AAG.
Through deployment of state-of-the-art technology, the five fibre pair Unity cable system is designed to deliver up to 4.8 Terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth across the Pacific, with each fibre pair having a capacity of up to 960 Gigabits per second.
Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel said a global consortium of which it is a part has launched an undersea cable between Japan and the west coast of the US, providing high-capacity bandwidth access across the Pacific.
Besides Bharti Airtel, the other partners of the Unity consortium include Global Transit, Google, KDDI Corp, Pacnet and SingTel.
Construction of the 9,620 km submarine cable system was first announced in February 2008. The cable system was built at a cost of $300 million, Bharti said.
"This is in line with our vision to offer multiple paths and create a robust undersea cable infrastructure for our customers" Bharti Airtel Executive Director-Enterprise Services Rajan Swaroop said.
Bharti Airtel's investments in Unity are part of its plans to expand its global network. It owns the 'i2i' submarine cable system, and is part of consortia that own cable systems like SEA-ME-WE 4, EIG, I-ME-WE and AAG.
Through deployment of state-of-the-art technology, the five fibre pair Unity cable system is designed to deliver up to 4.8 Terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth across the Pacific, with each fibre pair having a capacity of up to 960 Gigabits per second.
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