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Pacnet employs NEC for EAC submarine cable upgrade

Published on February 28, 2011 By Don

Pacnet, a combination of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet, is putting NEC to work for its multimillion-dollar upgrade of its 9,620-kilometer EAC Pacific Cable Network (EAC Pacific).
As one of many new cable systems that went live in the past year, the …

Pacnet, Pacific Fibre to construct new trans-Pacific submarine cable

Published on July 29, 2010 By Don

Pacnet and Pacific Fibre have teamed up to build the Pacific Fibre submarine cable system that will connect Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.–the latest in a string of new submarine cable systems. Estimated to cost $400 million, the Pacific Fibre Cable will consist of two fiber pairs that will carry 64 wavelengths. Initially, the [...]