Monet (submarine cable)
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| Cable type | Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| Fate | In Construction |
| Construction beginning | Q4 2014[1] |
| Construction finished | 2016[2] |
| First traffic | 2017 (planned) |
| Design capacity | 64 TBit/s[1] |
| Built by | TE SubCom[3] |
| Landing points |
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| Area served | USA and Brazil |
| Owner(s) | Algar Telecom, Angola Cables, ANTEL, Google |
The MONET cable system is a subsea fiber optic cable scheduled to be deployed in the end of 2016. It will connect the cities of Santos and Fortaleza in Brazil with Boca Raton in the United States.
TE SubCom is the selected provider for the project.[1]
The new cable will be 10,556 km (6,560 miles) long and have six fiber pairs. It will have an initial capacity of 64 Tbit/s (Terabits per second). The cable will be operated by these four leading companies: Algar Telecom, Angola Cables, ANTEL, Google[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Company". SubCom. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ↑ http://stateofsubsea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DGM-Angola-Cables-PTC-2015.pdf
- ↑ "TE SubCom Tapped for US-Brazil Cable". Light Reading. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ↑ http://www.antel.com.uy/wps/wcm/connect/358c0b8045c58b6aaaceee8320768a44/cable-submarino-internacional-de-fibra-optica.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
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