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From the News Desk
Friday, 7. March 2008
Pacnet Launches EAC Pacific Enhancing Existing Subsea Cable Network
Pacnet, a telecom services provider, announced its latest investment into expanding its subsea cable network with the launch of its first Trans-Pacific cable infrastructure, EAC Pacific. EAC Pacific will enhance connectivity and reliability of Pacnet's existing pan-Asia EAC-C2C subsea cable network by providing up to 1.92 Tbps of bandwidth across the Pacific.
EAC Pacific is part of the 10,000km Unity cable system that is being built by a global consortium, which includes Bharti Airtel Ltd., Global Transit, Google, KDDI and SingTel, and is expected to cost about USD 300 million.
Pacnet is the single largest investor in Unity and will control two of the five fiber pairs in Unity. Each of the fiber pairs of the Unity cable system are capable of carrying up to 960 Gbps, and the cable system can scale up to eight fiber pairs. Initial capacity from Unity is expected by the first quarter of 2010.
"While intra-Asia bandwidth demands are being met by regional cable systems such as Pacnet's EAC-C2C cable network, Unity will allow us to meet the increasing demand for Trans-Pacific bandwidth as more digital content is generated from within Asia and accessed from across the Pacific," said Bill Barney, CEO of Pacnet.
Unity, which will land in Los Angeles, California (USA), will connect directly to Chikura, Japan, where it will be connected to Pacnet's EAC-C2C network. This will enhance the reliability and resiliency of Pacnet's cable network by offering additional capacity and route diversity, claims Pacnet.
EAC Pacific is part of the 10,000km Unity cable system that is being built by a global consortium, which includes Bharti Airtel Ltd., Global Transit, Google, KDDI and SingTel, and is expected to cost about USD 300 million.
Pacnet is the single largest investor in Unity and will control two of the five fiber pairs in Unity. Each of the fiber pairs of the Unity cable system are capable of carrying up to 960 Gbps, and the cable system can scale up to eight fiber pairs. Initial capacity from Unity is expected by the first quarter of 2010.
"While intra-Asia bandwidth demands are being met by regional cable systems such as Pacnet's EAC-C2C cable network, Unity will allow us to meet the increasing demand for Trans-Pacific bandwidth as more digital content is generated from within Asia and accessed from across the Pacific," said Bill Barney, CEO of Pacnet.
Unity, which will land in Los Angeles, California (USA), will connect directly to Chikura, Japan, where it will be connected to Pacnet's EAC-C2C network. This will enhance the reliability and resiliency of Pacnet's cable network by offering additional capacity and route diversity, claims Pacnet.
