NTT, TransTeleCom to build undersea data linkTelecompaper writes…Japan’s NTT Com and Russian operator TransTeleCom have agreed to build an undersea data link between their two countries. The memorandum of understanding for the Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System (HSCS) agrees to a 500 km high-capacity fiber-optic cable that will transmit data at up to 640 Gbps between Ishikari, Hokkaido in Japan and Nevelsk, Sakhalin in Russia, based around DWDM technology. The project will be completed by the end of 2007. The cable will link up with TransTeleCom’s transcontinental optical route along the SIberian railway connecting to Europe. The new route will also function as a rerouting network for the existing route that connects Japan and Europe via the Indian Ocean, providing extra backup in the event of a probable disaster like an earthquake. NTT Com and TransTeleCom already signed an agreement last October to interconnect the two companies’ MPLS networks, IP Transit and International Private Line.
