Alcatel-Lucent, Apollo transmit 8 Tbps on submarine network fiber pair
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), the undersea cable network subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), has announced another high-speed optical transmission milestone, this one reached with submarine network operator Apollo. The two say they have demonstrated a capacity of 8 Tbps per fiber pair on the Apollo South undersea cable system that connects France and the United States.