FCC clears deep-sea fiber-optic cable linking Asia, California
Friday, October 9, 2009 - 06:21
in Mathematics & Economics
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given the green light for a trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable funded by an international consortium that includes Google. The new cable, expected to be carrying data traffic by early next year, links the U.S. West Coast and Asia to meet the demand for more bandwidth to handle explosive global Internet communications.