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EAC-C2C is a submarine telecommunications cable system interconnecting several countries in Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. It is a merger of the former EAC (East Asia Crossing) and C2C cable systems[1]). The merger occurred in 2007 by Asia Netcom, and the cable system is now owned/operated by Pacnet[2].
The EAC portion of the cable system includes:
- Changi, Singapore
- Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
- Qingdao, China (later extension)
- Pali, Taiwan
- Capepisa, The Philippines
- Taean, South Korea
- Shima, Japan
- Ajigaura, Japan
Length: 19,500 kilometers
Capacity: 160 Gbit/s - upgradeable to 2.5 Tbit/s
Technology: DWDM (dense wavelength-division multiplex)
The C2C portion of the cable system is comprised of three rings:
- C2C North Ring
- C2C South Ring
- C2C Pacific Ring
The landing points on each ring are as follows:
C2C North Ring
- Chung Hom Kok, Southern District, Hong Kong
- Nasugbu, Batangas Province, Philippines
- Fangshan, Pingtung County, Taiwan Province, Taiwan
- Tamsui, Taipei County, Taiwan Province, Taiwan
- Nanhui District, Shanghai, China
- Pusan, South Korea
- Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Chikura, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
C2C South Ring
C2C Pacific Ring
References
Sources
- Pacnet
- Map of EAC
- http://www.nec.com/global/prod/nw/submarine/news/archive/20050628.html
- "http://www.c2ccable.com/". Retrieved July 13, 2007.
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- "http://www.ofta.gov.hk/en/telecom_fact/milestones/main.html". Retrieved February 18, 2006.
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