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    The United States prepares to build a new submarine cable system to connect Canada

    • Last Update: 2023-01-02
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU), a U.
    S.
    utility, has applied to the authorities for a permit to build, land and operate a private submarine cable to connect the existing submarine cable landing station
    in Ketchikan (Alaska) with Prince Rupert (British Columbia, Canada).

    According to reports, the KetchCan1 submarine cable system, which is about 167 kilometers long, will have up to 48 optical fibers with an initial design capacity of 2.
    4Tbps
    .

    KPU said it expects to receive the license
    by October this year.
    Following the timely acquisition of the license, it is planned to start a tender process in November and award the relevant contract in December, so that the new submarine cable system can start commercial operation
    in September 2020.

    Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU), a U.
    S.
    utility, has applied to the authorities for a permit to build, land and operate a private submarine cable to connect the existing submarine cable landing station
    in Ketchikan (Alaska) with Prince Rupert (British Columbia, Canada).

    Submarine cables

    According to reports, the KetchCan1 submarine cable system, which is about 167 kilometers long, will have up to 48 optical fibers with an initial design capacity of 2.
    4Tbps
    .

    KPU said it expects to receive the license
    by October this year.
    Following the timely acquisition of the license, it is planned to start a tender process in November and award the relevant contract in December, so that the new submarine cable system can start commercial operation
    in September 2020.

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