Growth in international communications-related traffic led AT&T a...
Growth in international communications-related traffic led AT&T and NTT to join a consortium to build the Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable network, they said. The network will enhance reliability by providing more ways for traffic generated throughout the Asia-Pacific region…
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to get to the U.S., they said. TPE, a high-bandwidth fiber submarine cable linking Japan, mainland China, Korea, Taiwan and the U.S., is being built by a consortium including China Netcom, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chungwha Telecom, KT and Verizon. The cable network can carry as much as 5.12 terabits per second over a total of 18,000 kilometers. Phase 1 of the China-U.S. route is to be operating by August, with landing points in major coastal cities in northeast China, South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S., according to NTT. A direct connection between Shinmaruyama, near Tokyo, and the west coast of the U.S. will follow in 2010. NTT will establish and manage the new landing station in Japan near the Tokyo metro area. “The Trans-Pacific Express cable network will increase data and voice reliability, and it will enhance diversity and resiliency to AT&T customers,” said John Stankey, AT&T group president of telecom operations.