| Hibernia Express | |
|---|---|
| Owners: GTT Communications | |
| Landing points | |
| Total length | Ca.4,600km |
| Design capacity | 53 Tbps |
| Technology | Fiber optics |
Hibernia Express is a submarine communications cable system that was privately owned by Hibernia Networks, linking Canada, Ireland, and the UK. Hibernia Express is now owned by telecommunications provider GTT Communications, Inc. after their acquisition of Hibernia Networks. With a latency of 58.95ms, the cable currently provides the lowest latency fiber optic route between the NY4 data center in Secaucus, New Jersey and London.
The cable was considered operational on September 15, 2015. Hibernia Express spans 4,600 km between its landing stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Brean, UK; and Cork, Ireland. The cable is constructed with six fiber pairs, with a design capacity for 53 Tbit/s.
During the planning phases of the cable, Hibernia Networks intended to use Huawei as the contractor for construction. However, due to security concerns from the potential customers, Huawei was not used and the construction contract went to TE Subcom (owned by TE Connectivity).
References
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- "Huawei Marine to build Hibernia Altantic's (sic) Project Express". Lightwave. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
| Transatlantic communications cables | |
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| TAT series | |
| Private non-TAT | |
| Other | |