NEC Secures Submarine Cable System Contract From Japanese Telecom Company
February 18, 2019
NEC Corporation has been awarded a contract by Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company to build an optical submarine cable system connecting Okinawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. NEC, as a system integrator, will provides all aspects of submarine cable operations, including the optical transmission terminal stations, optical submarine repeaters, optical submarine cables, ocean surveys and route designs, installation of equipment and cable, and training and delivery testing.
The cable will be manufactured by NEC’s subsidiary OCC Corporation, which is the only noted company in Japan that can make optical submarine cables capable of withstanding the water pressure from 8,000 m deep seas.
The cable system will be connected to Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, and Hioki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, with a total length of approximately 760 km and at a maximum depth of approximately 1,200 m. The system will employ the latest optical wavelength multiplex transmission method, with maximum design transmission capacity of 80 Tbps.
