VSNL Northern Europe (cable system)

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VSNL Northern Europe (previously TGN Northern Europe) is a telecommunications cable system with both submarine and terrestrial parts linking several countries in western Europe.

The cable system is constructed from cables with 4 fibre pairs per cable, and each fibre pair supports 64 10Gb/s waves at construction, allowing for a total lit capacity (at construction) of 4 fibre pairs x 64 10 Gbit/s waves = 2,560 Gbit/s.

The VSNL owned submarine cable, has landing points in:

• Hunmanby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
• De Marne, Groningen Province, the Netherlands

[edit] Sources

• http://www.vsnlinternational.com/map/ (Flash only). Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
• Tyco Telecommunications, Network Services on the Tyco Global Network – TGN, Presentation to LISHEP, February 17, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
• VSNL International Global Footprint. Retrieved on November 25, 2006.