Microsoft, Facebook to Jointly Lay Giant Cable Across Atlantic
Microsoft and Facebook have joined hands to lay a giant state-of-the-art subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean connecting the US with Europe and beyond so as to facilitate faster speed and access to the Internet.
The new "MAREA" cable will help meet the growing customer demand for high-speed, reliable connections for cloud and online services for Microsoft, Facebook, and their customers, a media release said.
Construction of the cable will commence in August 2016 with completion expected in October 2017, it said.
Microsoft and Facebook are collaborating on this system to accelerate the development of the next-generation of Internet infrastructure and support the explosion of data consumption and rapid growth of their respective cloud and online services, the release said.
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