Fujitsu to upgrade Japan-US cable network
Fujitsu has signed a contract to upgrade the Japan-US cable network, a submarine fibre-optic cable system, with a consortium of telecom carriers. The consortium includes AT&T, KDDI, NTT Communications, Qwest Communications International, Reach Global Networks, Softbank Telecom and Verizon Business. With the transpacific contract, Fujitsu’s Flashwave S650 submarine line terminal equipment will be implemented at three landing points each in Japan and the US. The new contract for the Japan-US cable network will add the following locations to the regions where the Flashwave S650 series is installed: Morro Bay, Makaha, Manchester, Mie prefecture, Chiba , Ibaraki prefecture . Fujitsu’s Flashwave S650 series will provide a capacity upgrade to the existing system and increase the original design capacity of 640 Gbps to 1.28 terabits per second.
