NEC builds the world's first submarine cable across the South Atlantic

The South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), a large-capacity submarine cable construction project between Angola and Brazil, concluded between NEC and Angola Cables (SA) was officially launched
.
The submarine cable is expected to be officially commissioned
in mid-2018.

The "SACS" project is the world's first submarine cable
connecting the African continent and the South American continent across the South Atlantic.
It is also the first Atlantic project
for NEC.
The submarine cable is a 6,200 km long submarine cable
connecting Luanda, Angola, and Fortaleza, Brazil.
The cable is compatible with the latest wavelength multiple transmission method of 100Gbps per second per wavelength, and can achieve transmission of 40Tbps per second
.

The construction of "SACS" uses the export finance business
of the Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
The financing was coordinated through Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), which is partially insured
by Japan Trade Insurance Corporation (NEXI), an independent administrative corporation.
JBIC financed part of the construction funds to Angola Cable through
Angola's state-run Development Bank of Angola.

NEC focuses on social solutions, and expects to expand its communications infrastructure business, including submarine cable systems, to the global scale, contributing to
the establishment of a basic platform that supports a variety of social information.

Angola is rich in oil and diamond resources, and as Angola's economic growth has led to a rapid increase in demand for international communications
.
In particular, there is an urgent need to improve international communications cables to make communication
with Brazil, an economic power, and with the United States via Brazil.

The "SACS" project is built to meet this growing demand
for international communication.
The "SACS" project enables the port city of Fortaleza, Brazil, to meet the future growth
of communication needs between the two places by connecting it to the submarine cable connecting the United States.

NEC is a top supplier with more than 40 years of experience
in laying fiber optic cable systems.
So far, it has laid submarine cable systems with a total length of 200,000 kilometers with a circumference of more than 5 weeks, and has a strong advantage
in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan.

As a system integrator, NEC provides optical transmission equipment from land? Subsea fiber amplifier? From the manufacture of submarine cables, etc.
to marine condition surveys and route design, and the installation of submarine cable systems? Laying, a complete solution
from training to delivery of experiments.
The submarine cable, which can withstand water pressure of 8,000 meters in the deep sea, is the responsibility of OCC Co.
, Ltd.
, the only NEC affiliate in Japan that can manufacture such products
.

It can be said that the signing of this "SACS" project is based not only on past performance, but also reflects
NEC's most advanced technology and project execution ability.