TSE-1 orTaiwan Strait Express 1 is the firstsubmarine telecommunications cable directly linkingTaiwan island and mainlandChina.[1][2] At 270km in length, the cable offers the shortest route between Taiwan and mainland China while avoiding seismically active zones prone to disruption during earthquakes.[3] TSE-1 was completed on January 18, 2013. Once activated, traffic between Taiwan and China will no longer have to be routed via the Asia-Euro Under-sea Optical Cable, theChina-US Cable Network or theAsia Pacific Cable Network 2.[4]
Construction and operation of TSE-1 is overseen by a consortium of telecommunications companies from China and Taiwan. The consortium includes Taiwan International Gateway Corporation,China Mobile,Chunghwa Telecom,Taiwan Mobile,Far EasTone Telecommunications, andChina Unicom.[3]
Total bandwidth design capacity of TSE-1 is 6.4Tbit/s, consisting of eight fiber pairs.[3]
TSE-1 haslanding points in:
