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NTT reveals plans for new Trans-Pacific Submarine Cable
NTT , Mitsui & Co , PC Landing Corp and JA Mitsui Leasing have announced the launch of a new company , Seren Juno Network Company ( Seren ), which has been founded to construct and operate ‘ JUNO ,’ the new and largest Trans-Pacific submarine cable system that will run between Japan and the US .
According to a leading telecommunications industry analyst firm , TeleGeography , global Internet bandwidth has risen by 29 % in 2021 . This growth trajectory is expected to continue upward driven by the deployment of 5G , IoT and edge compute technologies . With existing Japan-US cables nearing capacity , JUNO is very much needed to meet the increasing demand for global Internet bandwidth .
• It will introduce leading-edge SDM ( Space Division Multiplexing ) technology , enabling the provision of 20 optical fiber pairs ( 40 cores ) per cable , ( conventional technology currently provides a maximum of 16 fiber pairs or 32 cores ).
• It provides the maximum capacity of 350 Tbps , the largest among any existing cable system between Japan and the US .
• It offers high resiliency by connecting to two separate landing stations in between Japan and the US , providing additional security and resilience against any potential disturbances due to rough weather conditions , particularly along the coastal areas of Japan .
• It provides flexibility , as JUNO can alter the amount of bandwidth to each branch route according to demand and in response to customers ’ evolving requirements .
Seren will provide fast and reliable network services to global major global technology companies , OTTs and telecommunication carriers , enabling them to strengthen the telecommunications environment in the US and Asia , through reliable and secure sales , operations and management support . p
“ With the rapid growth of the global digital economy and an increasing demand for cloud solutions and lower latency , the undersea Internet cable sector is quickly becoming more critical to global Internet infrastructure ,” said Takanobu Maeda , President and Chief Executive Officer , NTT Japan Corporation . “ This new subsea cable is the latest joint effort NTT has led in a long and proud history of providing reliable global Internet infrastructure .”
Japan in particular , located midway between the US and key Asian markets , has played the important role of ‘ Data Hub ’ in the Asia- Pacific region . As such , JUNO is expected to be an ideal addition to the undersea cable network and key to supporting the global Internet backbone and further growth in Asia- Pacific countries and worldwide .
JUNO , the new Trans-Pacific submarine cable system , offers several unique benefits to customers :
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