Google and Bharti come together to build New Cable System Linking US and Japan to Meet Increasing Bandwidth Demands
February 26th, 2008 by admin !A consortium of six international companies that includes Google and Bharti have executed agreements to build a high–bandwidth subsea fiber optic cable linking the United States and Japan. The construction of the new Trans–Pacific infrastructure will cost an estimated US$300 million.
The initial capacity is targeted to be available in the first quarter of 2010. It is expected to address broadband demand by providing much needed capacity to sustain the unprecedented growth in data and Internet traffic between Asia and the United States.
I find the news significant for 3 reasons
- It is a proof of the fact that Asia is indeed important for Google. I know Google has been saying that for quite sometime. But saying and investing money are 2 different ways of accepting the importance of Asia and I prefer the latter.
- It marks the move of Bharti Airtel into the international arena in a big way. If I know anything about Bharti, I will not be surprised if they create even more news in future.
- Hopefully speed of net connection will improve significantly, making many video based online businesses viable.
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3 Responses to “Google and Bharti come together to build New Cable System Linking US and Japan to Meet Increasing Bandwidth Demands”
By Allen Taylor on Feb 26, 2008 | Reply
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.
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By Tarun on Mar 1, 2008 | Reply
No recent updates. Is it some long weekend in India?
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I have been busy with couple of other initiatives of mine. Will talk to you about them soon.