Google and Facebook are laying a high speed submarine cable from Hong Kong to Los Angeles

Google, Facebook, TE SubCom and Pacific Light Data Communication Co. Ltd (PLDC) announced today that they will be co-building a massive undersea network to directly connect Hong Kong in China to Los Angeles in the United States. TE SubCom is a company owned by TE Connectivity, and is a global leader in submarine cables and undersea connectivity. PLDC is a new connectivity solutions company set up in Hong Kong, and is an emerging regional broadband service provider.Mr.Wei Junkang, the chairman of PLDC, said "It is certainly gratifying that global technology companies like Google and Facebook have become co-investors in PLCN. It is a strong signal that PLCN will be trusted to address the capacity needs for internet and international communications services throughout the Pacific Rim. We envision this deployment as the initial step in PLDC's construction of a global network."Aaron Stucki, president of TE SubCom, said "PLCN will showcase the ultra-high-capacity designs and industry-leading wet plant technologies that have enabled TE SubCom to become the manufacturing partner of choice for the world's most advanced undersea networks"The undersea network being built is the first direct high capacity submarine cable between Hong Kong and Los Angeles. The network will be called Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN), and is expected to be completed by 2018. The cable network will be 12,800 km long. The network will use technology developed by TE SubCom that effectively doubles the capacity of traditional fibre pairs.