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Telecom:Trans-Pacific cable to operate in 2008
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2007-05-25 14:31
The giant undersea cable across the Pacific Ocean linking China and the
United States has begun to be got ready and is expected to be completed
in the third quarter of next year, Sina.com reported today, citing an
insider of China Netcom.
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The 11,200-kilometer Trans-Pacific Express is being built jointly by
China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, Korea
Telecom and the US-based Verizon Communication, with a total investment
of US$500 million. It will be able to handle 60 times the business of the
current cable.
The ongoing cable system has adopted advanced cable transferring
technologies, which could directly connect the Chinese mainland, Taiwan,
South Korea and the United States, said China Netcom.
The Sino-US cable will greatly boost the net speed between the two
countries, reduce the risk of cable damage and hopefully will ensure a
clear live broadcasting via TV and Internet during the Beijing Olympics
next year upon its completion.
Beijing Olympics will be held from August 8 to 24 next year.
To meet the demand during Beijing Olympics, China Telecom and China
Netcom are stepping up improvements in their international cable layout.
The capability of China Netcom totaled 135 gigabits, while the Internet
bandwidth reached 122 gigabits a second.
China Netcom also set up three landing site for undersea cables in
Qingdao, Shandong Province and Shanghai's Nanhui District.
The new line will be constructed to avoid the Luzon Strait, an earthquake
belt over the Pacific, to avoid similar incidents like the several weeks
of Internet breakdowns with other parts of the world caused by the
December 26 earthquake off Taiwan.
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