FCC approves new trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable2009-10-09 08:55 by DanielaTags: FCC, Fiber
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given the green light for a trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable funded by an international consortium that includes Google. The new cable, expected to be carrying data traffic by early next year, links the U.S. West Coast and Asia to meet the demand for more bandwidth to handle explosive global Internet communications. The commission's go-head this week means the soon-to-be completed cable can now come ashore in Redondo Beach. The Department of Homeland Security signed off on the plans Sept. 23. The 6,200-mile cable, costing about $300 million, is being funded by six companies that, in addition to Google, include telecommunications companies Bharti Airtel in India, SingTel of Singapore and Pacnet, a Hong Kong-based deep-sea fiber-optic cable network operator. "It was the last hurdle for the Unity cable to be completed," said Bill Barney, chief executive of Pacnet, the largest investor in the consortium, dubbed Unity. Read more -here-
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