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5: Connections around the world

TECHNOLOGY
•High end Dense Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (DWDM).

SYSTEM COMMISSIONING AND
UPGRADE
•In service August 2001 – Fujitsu.
•Upgraded 2008, Upgraded June 2012-
Ciena.
•Estimate end of service in 2026.

1. Kitaibari, Japan.
2. Makaha, Hawaii, United States.
3. Manchester, California, United States.
4. Maruyama, Japan.
5. Morro Bay, California, United States.
6. Shima, Japan.

OWNERSHIP
•AT&T, BT, CENTURYLINK, CHINA TELECOM,
CHINA UNICOM, CHUNGHWA TELECOM,
HKBN ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, KDDI, KT,
LEVEL 3, LG, UPLUS, NTT, ORANGE, PCCW,
PLDT, SINGTEL, SK BROADBAND, SOFTBANK
TELECOM, SPRINT, STARHUB, TATA
COMMUNICATIONS, TELEKOM MALAYSIA,
TELSTRA, VERIZON and VODAFONE.

CABLE LENGTH
•Approximately 22,682 km.

SYSTEM CAPACITY
•Japan-US CN consists of four fibre pairs, each
operating at 10 Gbps DWDM, with design
capacity of 640 Gbit/s.
•Upgraded to 1.28 Tbps in early 2008.
•More than 6Tbps (upgrade with Ciena 100G
technology added additional 5Tbps capacity).
•Design capacity 6.4Tbps

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