Unity (submarine cable)

Unity (submarine cable)

Unity is the code name for a Trans-Pacific submarine communications cable in which Google is investing with other partners. Grahame Lynch " [http://www.commsday.com/node/186 Google plans new undersea "Unity" cable across Pacific] ." "CommsDay.com." September 21 2007. Retrieved on September 21, 2007.] The cable is planned to have "multi-terabit" capacity.

On 26th February 2008 Google and five telecommunications operators (Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, KDDI, PacNet, and SingTel) said in a joint statement that the 6,200-mile undersea fiber-optic cable, connecting the United States to Japan, will cost $300 million. [cite web|url=http://news.zdnet.com/2110-1035_22-6232088.html|title=Google, SingTel, and others to build submarine cable|date=2008-02-26|accessdate=2008-08-28] The cable will have 5 fiber pairs, each with a capacity of 960 Gbit/s, and will be expandable to 8. [cite web|url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20080225_newcablesystem.html|title=Global Consortium to Construct New Cable System Linking US and Japan to Meet Increasing Bandwidth Demands|date=2008-02-26|accessdate=2008-08-28]

The cable is being constructed by NEC and Tyco Telecommunications (a subsidiary of Tyco Electronics) [cite web|url=http://www.nec.com/global/prod/nw/submarine/news/2008/20080624.html|title=Tyco Telecommunications and NEC Begin Construction of Unity Cable System|date=2008-06-24|accessdate=2008-08-28] .

The cable landing points are:
* Chikura, Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
* Los Angeles, USA

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