Tyco to construct submarine cable for Caucasus (Georgia)Georgian ISP Caucasus Online has inked a deal with US-based vendor Tyco Telecom to lay a submarine fibre-optic cable stretching 1,100km across the Black Sea, connecting the port of Poti in Georgia to the Bulgarian city of Varna. The system will provide Georgia with direct access to Europe with an ultimate capacity of 1.3 Terabits over two fibre pairs. In Poti, the cable will link to Caucasus Online’s own network. The system is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2008.
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