TGN Atlantic (TGN-A) previously VSNL Transatlantic and TGN Transatlantic, is a
submarine telecommunications cable system transiting the Atlantic Ocean. The cable has been in operation since 2001.
The cable was operated by the American corporation
Tyco International
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until it was acquired for 130 million US$ by
India
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's
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 2005.
Since 2008 VSNL was rebranded as
Tata Communications
Tata Communications Limited (previously known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) is an Indian telecommunications company. It was previously a government- owned-telecommunications service provider and under the ownership of Department of Telec ...
and the cable was named ''TGN-A'' for Tata Global Network Atlantic.
The cable system is constructed from two separate cables routed slightly differently, but both cables terminate in the same locality at each end. Each cable is constructed with 4 fibre pairs per cable, and each fibre pair supports 64 10Gbit/s waves at construction, allowing for a total lit capacity (at construction) of 2 cables x 4 fibre pairs x 64 10 Gbit/s waves = 5.120
Tbit/s
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.
It has
landing points in:
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Wall Township,
New Jersey
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,
United States
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(two cable landing points)
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Highbridge,
Somerset
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United Kingdom
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(two cable landing points)
References
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{{Transatlantic telephone cables
Transatlantic communications cables
Infrastructure completed in 2001
United Kingdom–United States relations
2001 establishments in England
2001 establishments in New Jersey