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To be named "FASTER," the cable network will
have an initial capacity of 60 terabits per second and will
connect Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Oregon and Seattle
to Chikura and Shima in Japan.
NEC Corp, which will be the system supplier for the cable
network, said in a statement that construction would begin
immediately and the network would be ready for service in the
second quarter of 2016. (http://bit.ly/1sSeU9m)
The network would also be able to connect to neighboring cable
systems to extend its capacity beyond Japan to other Asian
countries.
Google currently operates its own super-fast "Fiber" TV and
Internet service in the Kansas City metropolitan area, and has
been trying to extend its network to more cities in the United
States.
Also involved in the project are China Mobile's international
unit China Mobile International, China Telecom Corp Ltd's
international arm China Telecom Global, TIME Dotcom Bhd's Global
Transit, KDDI Corp and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.
(Reporting by Ramkumar Iyer in Bangalore; Editing by Lisa
Shumaker)
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