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5: Connections around the world

OWNERSHIP
•GLOBAL CLOUD XCHANGE.

•CABLE LENGTH
•Approximately 28000km with 335 repeaters.
2 land cable crossing between Satun -
Songkhla and Suez – Cairo.

•SYSTEM CAPACITY
• Simultaneously active telephone channels
of 2 x 5Gbps equivalent to 120960 x 64Kb/s.
•Design capacity 80Gbps, upgraded capacity
100Gbps.

•TECHNOLOGY
•High end SDH Multiplexing Submarine Line
Terminal Equipment.

•SYSTEM COMMISSIONING AND
UPGRADE
•In service 1997, Manufacturer- Fujitsu.
•Upgraded 2012 – CIENA.
•Estimate end of service in 2022.

FLAG LANDING STATIONS.

1. Alexandria, Egypt.
2.
Aqaba, Jordan.
3. Estepona,Spain.
4. Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
5. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
6. Keoje, South Korea.
7. Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
8. Miura, Japan.
Mumbai, India.
9.
10. Ninomiya, Japan.
11. Palermo, Italy.
12. Penang, Malaysia.
13. Porthcurno, United Kingdom.
14. Satun, Thailand.
15. Shanghai, China.
16. Songkhla, Thailand.
17. Suez, Egypt.

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