C-Lion1 Explained

Cable Name:C-Lion1
Map:C-lion_cable_card.png
Owners:Cinia Ltd
Design Capacity:120Tbit/s
Current Capacity:144Tbit/s
Length:1173km (729miles)

C-Lion 1 is a submarine communications cable between Finland and Germany. It is the first direct communications cable between Finland and Central Europe. Previous connections have been through Sweden and Denmark. Laying of the cable started in October 2015 and was finished in January 2016. The cable is 1173 kilometres long, has 8 fiber pairs and a total capacity of 144 terabits per second.[1] [2] [3]

C-Lion 1 has landing points in:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neues Unterseekabel verbindet Deutschland und Finnland. von Björn Greif. 2016-01-12. ZDNet.de. de-DE. 2019-04-23.
  2. Web site: Helsinki to Frankfurt in 20 milliseconds: The Baltic cable that's breaking data speed records. Haaramo. Eeva. ZDNet. en. 2019-04-23.
  3. Web site: Submarine Data Cable to Link Germany and Finland. eco. en-US. 2019-04-23.
  4. Web site: Cinia, C-Fiber Hanko team for extension of C-Lion-1 submarine network. www.lightwaveonline.com. 22 December 2016. 2019-04-23.