wiUSA December 2013

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Emerald Networks, a new undersea fiber optic network submarine cable system provider, has signed an agreement with CenturyLink Inc to purchase bandwidth capacity on its “Emerald Express” system. The system will provide CenturyLink with additional connectivity between North America and Europe. The Emerald Express undersea cable system is scheduled to be in operation before the end of 2014 with connections to North America, Europe and Iceland. It will provide low-latency, coherent, digital transmission at wavelengths of 100Gbps and higher. Dr William C Marra, Emerald Networks CEO, believes this agreement confirms the urgency for more secure and reliable high-speed data connections between the United States and Europe. “We are pleased CenturyLink selected us and look forward to a long-term relationship that will deliver outstanding reach and reliability for their use,” said Dr Marra. Emerald and CenturyLink in agreement

Floating turbine gets connected

UK cable specialist First Subsea has supplied its self-activated cable connectors to the Marubeni-led consortium behind Japan’s floating turbine pilot project. The cable connector’s mechanism enables offshoreconnectionwithoutusingadiverora remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The male connectors are guided into receptacles on the wind turbine and substation. Once engaged they cannot be released until the load has been removed. A disengage mechanism allows the connector to be released and recovered for re-use. Three subsea connectors will be used to connect 66kV and 22kV cables to the 2MW floating turbine and the floating substation, located 20km off the Fukushima coast. First Subsea said the diverless cable connection provides significant savings in vessel time and offers flexibility to cope with changes in offshore weather conditions.

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