New trans-Atlantic cable announced

摘要

US technology giants Microsoft and Facebook have announced an agreement to build a new subsea cable across the Atlantic. According to Facebook, the MAREA cable construction will start in August 2016 with completion expected in October 2017. "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," Facebook said.