In conjunction with the five Asian groups contacts Google is preparing to build a submarine cable crosses the Pacific

Google announced the American giant in the field of Internet connections and five Asian groups, on Tuesday, to reach an agreement for the construction of a new cable under the sea between Japan and the United States under the auspices of the company "NEC" Japanese, to begin work in 2016. 

Cable will connect the western coasts of the United States, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle and the cities of Hekora Cheema on the eastern coast of Japan and the aim of this fiber optic cable extending along 9 thousand kilometers to respond to the growing demand in the field of data transmission, on what the consortium explained. The total value of the investment, "about 300 million dollars." 

This submarine cable which will be called "Faster" will be given the ability of the transfer capacity of 60 terabytes per second by the first quarter of 2016, the largest capacity of any present on this long road that traverse the Pacific, according to the same source. 

In addition to Google that participated previously in similar projects, including the extension cable, "Unity", which was announced in 2008, is involved in this process, the two companies "China Mobile" and "China Telecom" Chinatan and Malaysian "Global Transit" and the Japanese "Kay Dee Dee" any and Singapore "Singabor Telecom "the largest telecommunications company in Southeast Asia. 

The cable will connect the western coasts of the United States (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle) and the cities of Hekora Cheema on the eastern coast of Japan. It also will be linked to the existing infrastructure communications to expand capacity beyond Japan in the direction of other areas in Asia.

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