TPC-5CN
{{Short description|US-Japan underseas fiber optic link}}
TPC-5CN or Trans-Pacific Cable 5 Cable Network is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Japan, Guam, Hawaii and mainland United States.
It has landing points in:
- Ninomiya, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, United States
- San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
- Keawaula/Yokohama Beach, Wai'anae, Honolulu County, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
- Tumon Bay, Tumon, Tamuning, Guam
- Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
It has a transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of {{Convert|22,500|km|abbr=on}}. It started operation on 31 December 1996.
External links
- {{cite web
| title=AT&T Keawaula Cable Terminal Station, Waianae, Island of Oahu, Hawaii
| url=http://www.martinchock.com/galleryatt.htm
| accessdate=February 12, 2006
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050221065853/http://martinchock.com/galleryatt.htm |archivedate = February 21, 2005}}
References
- {{cite journal
| title=The TPC-5 Cable Network
| last1=Barnett|first1= W. Christopher
| last2=Takahira|first2= Hitoshi
| last3=Baroni|first3= James C.
| last4=Ogi|first4= Yoshihiro
| journal=IEEE Communications
| date=February 1996
| volume=34 |issue=2
| pages=36–40
| doi=10.1109/35.481242}}
- {{cite press release
| title=The Entire TPC-5CN to Begin Service
| date=December 12, 1996
| url=http://www.kddi.com/english/corporate/news_release/archive/kdd/press-e96/027.html
| publisher=KDDI
| accessdate=February 11, 2006
}}
- {{cite conference
| title=Global lightwave undersea cable networks: present and future
| first=Hidenori | last=Taga
| conference=Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
| year=1997
| location=Hong Kong
| page=17
| url=http://www.apricot.net/apricot97/apII/Presentations/KDDSubmarineFiber/sld017.htm
| accessdate=February 11, 2006
}}
- {{cite press release
| title=Global Marine, OCC and NEC Announce Strategic Alliance To Deliver Integrated Submarine Cable Networks
| date=March 8, 2001
| publisher=NEC
| url=http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0103/0801-02.html
| accessdate=February 11, 2006
}}
{{Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tpc-5cn (Cable System)}}
Category:Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean
Category:Japan–United States relations
Category:1996 establishments in California
Category:1996 establishments in Oregon
Category:1996 establishments in Guam
Category:1996 establishments in Hawaii
Category:1996 establishments in Japan
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