Longest Fibre Cable in Asia-Pacific Region Operational

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Longest Fibre Cable in Asia-Pacific Region Operational

APCN2,the longest international seabed fibre cable in the Asia-Pacific linking China, Japan, Malaysia, ROK, Singapore, and other countries and regions, went into operation Friday in Shanghai.

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APCN2, the longest international seabed fibre cable in the Asia-Pacific region went into operation Friday in Shanghai, the biggest city in China.

Telecommunications officials in the city said the fibre cable, which is linked seamlessly with other international seabed fibre cables linking America, Europe and Australia, will meet the growing need of telecommunications in the region.

APCN2, 17,000 km in length, links China, Japan, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and other countries and regions.

The cable, which cost 1.4 billion US dollars in the initial phase, currently has a designed transmission capacity of 160 Gbitsper second.

Telecommunications companies from Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia Singapore, and European and American countries were involved in the fibre cable project.

The memorandum on the project was signed in 1999.

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