# Google and Facebook are building a subsea cable system that will boost Internet connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/google-and-facebook-are-building-a-subsea-cable-system-that-will-boost-internet-connectivity-in-the-asia-pacific-region/
- Published: 2021-08-19T09:45:36-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: Workers laying cable in the Baltic Sea. Photo credit: Jens Köhler/ullstein bild via Getty Images. Article by Shawn Knight. TechSpot – August 16, 2021. In brief: Two of the world’s largest tech companies are joining forces to create a new subsea cable that will boost Internet capacity, redundancy and reliability in the Asia-Pacific region. Facebook said the Apricot cable system will initially have a capacity of more than 190 terabits per second and […] Click here to view original web page at www.techspot.com