Apollo (submarine communications cable)
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| Owner(s) | Cable and Wireless |
| Landing points | 1. Bude, England |
| Total length | 13,000 km |
| Topology | Self-healing ring |
| Design capacity | 3.2 Tbit/s |
| Currently lit capacity | unknown |
| Technology | Fiber Optic DWDM |
| Date of first use | Early, 2003 |
| Decommissioning date | Unknown |
Apollo is an optical submarine communications cable system crossing the Atlantic ocean, owned by Cable & Wireless. It consists of 2 segments North and South, forming a looped system.
In early 2006, Level 3 Communications announced its purchase of 300Gbps of capacity between Apollo North and Apollo South with option to purchase up 300Gbps of future capacity. This acquisition gives Level 3 a trans-Atlantic path that does not pass through either London or New York City, which is desirable to carriers due to network diversity concerns. This purchase represents the single largest transaction of sub-sea capacity in history without laying new cable.
