The National Communications Commission in Taiwan has given approval to Chunghwa Telecom to construct the first undersea cable to directly link Taiwan and mainland China. Two separate cables will carry traffic at an estimated 9.6Tbps between the two countries with lengths of approximately 9.7 and 11 KM, respectively. The project has an estimated budget of [...]
CommsXpress: Chunghwa To Link Taiwan, China Via Subsea Cable
Posted by grahame on September 22nd, 2011
Posted in CommsDay Australasia 
Tags: China, Chunghwa, National Communications Commission, subsea cable, Taiwan, undersea cable 
No Comments »CommsXpress: Pacific Fibre secures supplier
Posted by grahame on July 19th, 2011
Pacific Fibre announced today that it has signed America’s TE Connectivity Ltd. to a supply contract in hopes to compete with Telecom’s Southern Cross cable. Pacific Fibre has contracted a new cable to be deployed between Auckland, Sydney, and Los Angeles to be completed by 2014. The entire undersea cable is expected to reach a [...]
