Gemini (submarine communications cable)
{{Short description|Former submarine communications cable}}
{{Infobox Submarine communications cable
| cable_name = Gemini (North/South)
| owners = Gemini SCSL
| landing_points = {{unbulleted list
|1. {{flagicon|USA}} Charlestown, Rhode Island, US
|2. {{flagicon|UK}} Oxwich Bay, Wales, UK
|3. {{flagicon|USA}} Manasquan, New Jersey, US
|4. {{flagicon|UK}} Porthcurno, England, UK
}}
| technology = Fiber optics
| design_capacity = 60 + 55 Gb/s SDH
| length = Ca. 12600 km
}}
Gemini was a submarine communications cable system privately owned by Gemini SCSL linking the United States and the United Kingdom via parallel north and south routes.
Cable system
The installation of the system was a joint venture between Cable & Wireless and WorldCom Inc.{{cite web|title=Gemini Submarine Cable System Ltd.,|url=http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/1997/07/gemini-submarine-cable-system-ltd-53670537.html|publisher=Lightwave|accessdate=25 April 2018}} The cable system was considered operational in 1998. The cable system was approximately 12600 km combined between its north and south routes, with landing stations in Charlestown, Rhode Island; Oxwich Bay, Wales; Manasquan, New Jersey; and Porthcurno, England.{{cite web|title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications|url=http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/CableTimeLine/atlantic.htm|publisher=atlantic-cable.com|accessdate=25 April 2018}}
The cable was decommissioned in 2004, because the terminal transmission technology became obsolete. Portions of the cable were recovered for redeployment for the HUGO cable system. Additional pieces of the Gemini cable were reused in systems connecting Bermuda, Tortola and Jamaica to the United States.{{cite web|title=Submarine salvage: a second life for old cables|url=https://www.fibre-systems.com/feature/submarine-salvage-second-life-old-cables|publisher=Fibre Systems|accessdate=25 April 2018}}
References
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{{Transatlantic telecommunications cables}}
Category:1998 establishments in Rhode Island
Category:1998 establishments in Wales
Category:1998 establishments in New Jersey
Category:1998 establishments in England
Category:2004 disestablishments in England
Category:2004 disestablishments in New Jersey