TGN Atlantic (TGN-A) previously VSNL Transatlantic and TGN Transatlantic, is a submarine telecommunications cable system transiting the Atlantic Ocean. The cable has been in operation since 2001.
| TGN Atlantic (TGN-A) | |
|---|---|
| Landing points | |
| Total length | 12.935 km[1] |
| Design capacity | 5.12 Tbps[1] |
| Date of first use | 2001[1] |
The cable was operated by the American corporation Tyco International until it was acquired for 130 million US$[2] by India's Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 2005. Since 2008 VSNL was rebranded as Tata Communications[3] and the cable was named TGN-A for Tata Global Network Atlantic.[4]
The cable system is constructed from two separate cables routed slightly differently, but both cables terminate in the same locality at each end. Each cable is constructed with 4 fibre pairs per cable, and each fibre pair supports 64 10 Gbit/s waves at construction, allowing for a total lit capacity (at construction) of 2 cables x 4 fibre pairs x 64 10 Gbit/s waves = 5.120 Tbit/s.
It has landing points in:
- Wall Township, New Jersey, United States (two cable landing points)
- Highbridge, Somerset, United Kingdom (two cable landing points)
References
edit- "Tyco Telecommunications, Network Services on the Tyco Global Network – TGN, Presentation to LISHEP, February 17, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". Retrieved November 22, 2006.
- Dormon, Bob (2016-05-26). "How the Internet works: Submarine fiber, brains in jars, and coaxial cables". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ a b c "TGN Atlantic". Greg's Cable Map. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "Business : VSNL to acquire Tyco's submarine cable network". The Hindu. 2004-11-02.[dead link]
- ^ "History". Tata Communications. 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "Tata Communications brings 100G connectivity to carriers and enterprises across the US and Europe using Ciena's GeoMesh". Tata Communications. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2016-05-31.