Submarine cable, technology
Greenland Connect is a submarine communications cable system that connects Canada, Greenland, and Iceland. The cable contains two fibre pairs specified for 128*10 Gbit/s wavelength each. Initial lit capacity is 1*10 Gbit/s for each fibre pair. Two additional 10 Gbit/s Wavelength are scheduled for installation in the summer of 2010. The cable has cable landing points at :
. Milton, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
. Nuuk, Greenland
. Qaqortoq, Greenland
. Landeyjarsandur, South Iceland
The cable system is a repeated system with repeaters being power fed from all landing stations. To the extent possible the Cable is buried down to water depths in excess of 1.500 meters.
The landing stations are build to local standards with the highest possible protection against unauthorized entry, fire etc. Power supply is from the public grid with backup provided by batteries and diesel generators.
The cable contains two fibre pairs specified for 96*10 Gbps wavelength each. Initial lit capacity is 1*10 Gbps for each fibre pair. In Qaqortoq, south Greenland, one fibre pair is landed through a branching unit in order to maintain uninterrupted service on the other pair in case of a cable failure at the landing.
The cable landing sites and route is Milton, NL, Canada – Nuuk, Greenland – Qaqortoq, Greenland – Landeyjar, Iceland.
Selection of landing points has been chosen with access to major hubs in the worldwide communication networks of major carriers. From the landing points agreements with backhaul providers has been made to bring the telecommunication traffic to Halifax, NS and London, UK, from where traffic can be exchanged with other carriers or carried on to e.g. New York or Central Europe.
http://www.telepost.gl/en-US/GreenlandConnect/Soekablet/Sider/Forside.aspx
