TSE-1 or Taiwan Strait Express 1 is the first submarine telecommunications cable directly linking Taiwan island and mainland China. [1] [2] At 270 km in length, the cable offers the shortest route between Taiwan and mainland China while avoiding seismically active zones prone to disruption during earthquakes. [3] TSE-1 was completed on January 18, 2013. Once activated, traffic between Taiwan and China will no longer have to be routed via the Asia-Euro Under-sea Optical Cable, the China-US Cable Network or the Asia Pacific Cable Network 2. [4]
Construction and operation of TSE-1 is overseen by a consortium of telecommunications companies from China and Taiwan. The consortium includes Taiwan International Gateway Corporation, China Mobile, Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far EasTone Telecommunications, and China Unicom. [3]
Total bandwidth design capacity of TSE-1 is 6.4 Tbit/s, consisting of eight fiber pairs. [3]
TSE-1 has landing points in:
References
- ^ "TSE-1 Submarine Cable System" Submarine Cable Networks. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Chunghwa Telecom to Launch First Cable Linking Taiwan and Mainland China" Submarine Cable Networks. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "Chinese Carriers Launch First Cable Across the Taiwan Strait — TSE-1" Taiwan International Gateway Corporation. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Submarine fiber-optic cable links Taiwan, China" Taipei Times. 20 January 2013.
External links
- TSE-1 Submarine Cable System official web site