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Theconsortiumbehind theAsia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) submarine cable system project has signed a supply contract with NEC Corporation for the S1H segment, the Thailand to Vietnam and Hong Kong section of the network. The announcement followed awards to a contractor for the AAE-1 S1S and S2 segments, and signals major progress in linking the major cities of Asia, Africa and Europe. At a length of around 25,000km, AAE-1 is scheduled to come into service in 2016 and will be the first high-capacity intercontinental submarine cable to pass through the Songkhla and Satun provinces of southern Thailand. AAE-1 is expected to be the first high-capacity cable system to link all major south east Asian nations to Africa and Europe via the Middle East. Cable crossing continents

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The consortium will work with NEC to ensure AAE-1’s Thailand to Hong Kong segment is ready for service at the same time as the Europe to Asia segment. AAE-1 will employ 100Gbps technology, with wavelength add/ dropbranchingunitsalongthe lowest-latency route, as well as cross-sectional capacity to a minimum of 80x100Gbps in each trunk fiber pair. When completed, the AAE-1 cable network will connect Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Greece, Italy and France, with other locations under consideration.

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