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Theconsortiumbehind theAsia-Africa-Europe
1 (AAE-1) submarine cable system project
has signed a supply contract with NEC
Corporation for the S1H segment, the
Thailand to Vietnam and Hong Kong section
of the network. The announcement followed
awards to a contractor for the AAE-1 S1S
and S2 segments, and signals major progress
in linking the major cities of Asia, Africa and
Europe.
At a length of around 25,000km, AAE-1 is
scheduled to come into service in 2016 and
will be the first high-capacity intercontinental
submarine cable to pass through the
Songkhla and Satun provinces of southern
Thailand. AAE-1 is expected to be the first
high-capacity cable system to link all major
south east Asian nations to Africa and Europe
via the Middle East.
The consortium will work with NEC to ensure
AAE-1’s Thailand to Hong Kong segment
is ready for service at the same time as the
Europe to Asia segment. AAE-1 will employ
100Gbps technology, with wavelength add/
dropbranchingunitsalongthe lowest-latency
route, as well as cross-sectional capacity to a
minimum of 80x100Gbps in each trunk fiber
pair.
When completed, the AAE-1 cable network
will connect Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Oman,
UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, Greece, Italy and France, with other
locations under consideration.
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