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FASTER (cable system)

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Cable type
  
Fibre-optic

Construction beginning
  
2014

First traffic
  
2016

Fate
  
Active

Construction finished
  
2016

Design capacity
  
60 Tbit/s

FASTER is a trans-Pacific submarine communications cable that went live during the last week of June 2016. The cable will have a capacity of 60Tb/s. The total length of the cable system is approximately 11,629 km.

The companies involved in the project include:

  • Google
  • KDDI
  • SingTel
  • China Telecom Global
  • China Mobile International
  • Global Transit Communications

    • FASTER has landings in:

  • Bandon, Oregon, USA
  • Chikura, Chiba, Japan
  • Shima, Mie, Japan
  • Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan

    • References

    FASTER (cable system) Wikipedia
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