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5: Connections around the world

CABLE LENGTH
•High powered repeatered optical transmission to 1. Alexandria, Egypt
allow transmission over 39,000km with 70 2. Ancol, Indonesia
Repeaters. 3. Batangas, Philippines
4. Chania, Greece
•SEA-ME-WE 3 provide connectivity to a greater 5. Cochin, India
number of countries over a greater distance 6. Danang, Vietnam
(longest cable system). 7. Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong
8. Djibouti City, Djibouti
SYSTEM CAPACITY 9. Fangshan, Taiwan
The cable consists of 2 fiber pairs with initial 10. Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
capacity of 40Gbps and design capacity of 11. Goonhilly Downs, United Kingdom
55Gbpd. 12. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
13. Karachi, Pakistan
7 x 10Gb/s (Mersing). 14. Keoje, Rep. Korea
4 x 10Gb/s (Penang). 15. Marmaris, Turkey
16. Mazara Del Vallo, Italy
TECHNOLOGY 17. Medan, Indonesia
•Dense Wavelength Division 18. Mersing, Malaysia
Multiplexing(DWDM) Technology allowing bit- 19. Mt. Lavinia, Sri Lanka
rate up to 10Gbps. 20. Mumbai, India
21. Muscat, Oman
22. Norden, Germany
23. Okinawa, Japan
SYSTEM COMMISSIONING AND UPGRADE 24. Ostend, Belgium
•In service since 1999. 25. Penang, Malaysia
•Last Upgrade: 2009 (Mersing), 2010 (Penang). 26. Penmarch, France
•Estimate end of service date: 2024. 27. Perth, Australia
28. Pyapon, Myanmar
29. Satun, Thailand
30. Sesimbra, Portugal
31. Shanghai, China
32. Shantou, China
33. Suez, Egypt
34. Taipa, China
35. Tètouan, Morocco
36. Toucheng, Taiwan
37. Tuas, Singapore
38. Tungku, Brunei
39. Yeroskipos, Cyprus

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