Petal partners include NEC, Sumitomo Electric, and Orange

1 Sep 21 8:00 AM · 3d ago · 1 article · 3 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1

Meta is partnering with NEC, a specialist in subsea cable systems, and Sumitomo Electric Industries, a leading fiber producer, to develop Petal. French telecommunications company Orange will manage the landing of the cable on France's Atlantic coast.

Petal partners include NEC, Sumitomo Electric, and Orange — about.fb.com

“Petal will connect the US and France, spanning 7,000 km (over 4,300 miles) and doubling the capacity of today's most advanced transoceanic cables.”

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Meta Cable developer and investorNEC Subsea cable systems specialistSumitomo Electric Industries Fiber production partnerOrange French telecommunications company

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2 outlets Meta Plans 7,000-Kilometer Subsea Cable Between US and France

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- Meta's new transoceanic undersea cable boasts a whopping petabit of bandwidth — Petal link between US and France will be twice as fast as the last Tom's Hardware · 1d ago

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Meta is building a subsea cable with petabit capacity. The subsea “Petal” cable will connect the US and France across 4,300 miles when it comes online in 2029. Meta says it will be the first transoceanic subsea cable to deliver 1 petabit of data per second using a multi-core fiber technology. “That’s roughly the network capacity required for 75%…

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