Quintillion Network Information

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QUINTILLION SUBSEA CABLE SYSTEM
ABOUT THE NETWORK
MONGOLI A
»» Trunk and branch configuration
Yellow Sea
N ORfiber
T H pair
»» 3 Pair System – initially 100 GbpsS x
O U100
T H λ per
KORE A
KORE A
CHIN A
»» Phase 1 in-service Q1 2017
Barents
Sea
RUS SI A
»» Resilient network design – double armored
and buried in
Sea of
Japan
shallow waters
JA PA N
»» Initial revenue contracts secured
Tokyo
»» Turn-key supply contractor for subsea systems Alcatel-
Laptev
Sea
Lucent Submarine Networks
»» Increase capacity with change of equipment in the
community-based cable landing station
»» Robust supply and redundant terminal
Sea of Okhotsk
ARCTIC OCEAN
»» 25+ year life, high-quality glass and programmable repeater
»» Provide true broadbandPatAsubstantially
C I F I C lower cost than
existing satellite and microwave backhaul
ABOUT THE ROUTE
OCEAN
Wainwright
Barrow
Chukchi Sea
Point Hope
Beaufort
Sea
»» Opening of the Arctic: stimulating resource development,
expanding tourism, emergency response capabilities and
national security requirements
»» Ideal environment for Arctic data and technology centers:
Bering
Sea
abundance of natural gas = low cost power
»» Quintillion system will eventually provide triple diversity on
Kotzebue
Nome
A laska
Anchorage
Prudhoe
Bay
Quintillion
Terrestrial Line
Fairbanks
Existing
System
communications route
»» Arctic environment provides natural security
»» Enable 21st century technology in the Arctic
»» System provides carriers and clients more route diversity to respond to
increasing natural and man-made threats
»» Completed system meets demand for direct, secure, low latency routes between
Asia and Europe
»» Substantially expands high-speed broadband in the North American Arctic – new and
emerging markets
Gulf of
Alaska
CA N
ABOUT QUINTILLION
»» Privately funded operator selling capacity on a
»» Private operator headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska
wholesale basis
»» Wholesale capacity provider
»» Bringing fiber to the North American Arctic serving new
»» Management team, led by CEO Elizabeth Pierce, has
and emerging markets, eventually connecting to Asian and
decades of Arctic telecommunications experience
European markets
MO NGOLI A
FINL A ND
Yellow Sea
NOR T H
KORE A
SOUTH
KORE A
DENMARK
SW EDE N
CHIN A
Barents
Sea
RUS SI A
Sea of
Japan
BE L G I U M
NETH.
SPA IN
F R A NCE
P O R T UG A L
London
N ORWAY
U NIT ED
K INGDOM
IRE L A ND
Norwegian
Sea
JA PA N
Tokyo
Greenland Sea
Laptev
Sea
Sea of Okhotsk
PACIFIC
OCEAN
ICEL A ND
GREENL A ND
ARCTIC OCEAN
Baffin
Bay
ARCTIC OCEAN
Chukchi
Sea
Point Hope
Labrador
Sea
Beaufort
Sea
Beaufort Sea
Bering
Sea
Davis
Strait
Wainwright
Barrow
Chukchi Sea
AT L A N T I C
OCEAN
Denmark
Strait
Kotzebue
Nome
A laska
Anchorage
Prudhoe
Bay
Quintillion
Terrestrial Line
Fairbanks
Hudson Bay
Existing
System
Gulf of
Alaska
CA N A DA
Quintillion Phase One Subsea Line
Quintillion Phase Two Subsea Line
Quintillion Phase Three Subsea line
Quintillion Terrestrial Line
Existing Systems
U NIT ED S TAT E S
Gulf of Alaska
P A Phase
CIFIC
OCEAN
1
Nome to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska with spurs
to Kotzebue, Point Hope, Wainwright and
Barrow. Prudhoe Bay connects to new fiber
extending to Fairbanks. Fairbanks connects
to existing fiber optic cable systems to
Anchorage and the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Phase 2
Phase 3
Additional subsea fiber
would extend from Phase 1
by starting at Nome, Alaska
to Japan, with options for
This phase would lay additional subsea
additional Alaska spurs.
fiber starting from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
to Canada and Europe, with planned
spurs into the Canadian Arctic.
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