International consortium Unity has announced the landing of its 9,620 km Trans-Pacific fibre-optic cable system in Chikura, Japan, which will deliver a significant increase in capacity between the US and Japan. With construction on schedule, the new system is planned to be ready for service in the first quarter of 2010. With all the cable segments in place, the mid-Pacific splice was completed by the cable ship Tyco Resolute on 30 October, and KDDI Pacific Link will complete the final splice to join the cables off the coast of Japan in the coming two weeks. Upon completion of the final splice, there will be a period of intensive end-to-end testing before the system is put into commercial service. The Unity cable system will add up to 4.8 Tbps of bandwidth across the Pacific, for a construction cost at approximately USD 300 million. This new Trans-Pacific cable will provide connectivity between Chikura, located off the coast near Tokyo, to Los Angeles and other West Coast network points-of-presence. At Chikura, Unity will be connected to other cable systems, further enhancing connectivity into Asia. NEC and Tyco Telecommunications were selected for construction of the five fibre pair cable system, with each fibre pair having a capacity of up to 960 Gbps. Unity's largest investor Pacnet said it's on track to deliver enhanced connectivity across the Pacific with its latest cable extension linking Japan and the US. A part of the Unity cable system, EAC Pacific is expected to be ready for service in the first quarter of 2010. EAC Pacific, which comprises two of the five fibre pairs on the Unity cable system, will be operated independently by Pacnet. The two fibre pairs will be seamlessly integrated with Pacnet's Pan-Asian cable infrastructure, EAC-C2C, creating a single multi-terabit network designed to meet the growing demand for Intra-Asia and Trans-Pacific bandwidth. The EAC Pacific portion of the Unity cable system will provide up to 1.92 Tbps of capacity across the Pacific Ocean.
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