Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd. (Huawei Marine), a global submarine cable networks provider, has started manufacturing the cable for the Far East submarine system and will also shortly start manufacturing other wet plant for this system.
This is a direct result of the turnkey system design and development contract Huawei Marine and Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, signed in June 2014. This multi-million dollar investment will enhance communications for the Far East region of Russia and provide high-capacity connectivity across the Sea of Okhotsk.
The innovative slimline repeatered system will be deployed in two segments, linking Okha in Sakhalin Island with Ola in Magadan and Ust-Bolsheretsk in Kamchatka which currently relies on satellite infrastructure. The combined system length exceeds 1,900km. Utilising Huawei Marine’s 100 Gbps technology which features 2nd Soft-Decision Forward Error Correction (SD-FEC), each segment of the Far East Submarine Cable System will have an initial 2-fiber pairs lit, designed to have a capacity of 1.6 Tbps. The project is due for completion Q4, 2015. At this point, traffic will be migrated from the existing satellite infrastructure to provide reliable low-latency connectivity to service the region’s growing traffic demands.
“ Our innovative product portfolio and leading edge transmission technology will help Rostelecom stimulate opportunities for economic, cultural and educational activities in this region, ” said Mr. Ma Yanfeng , Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Huawei Marine. He added “ This project is further evidence of the confidence major network operators have in Huawei Marine’s capabilities to design and deploy challenging subsea transmission infrastructure.”
[mappress] Press Release, October 08, 2014