Hibernia Express

Hibernia Express is a submarine communications cable system which was privately owned by Hibernia Networks linking Canada, Ireland, and the UK.[1] Hibernia Express is now owned by telecommunications provider GTT Communications, Inc. after their acquisition of Hibernia Networks.[2][3] At 58.95ms of latency, the cable is currently the lowest latency fiber optic route between the NY4 data center in Secaucus, New Jersey and London.[4]

Hibernia Express
Owners:
GTT Communications
Landing points
Total lengthCa.4,600km
Design capacity53 Tbps
TechnologyFiber optics

The cable was considered operational on September 15, 2015.[5] Hibernia Express spans 4,600 km between its landing stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Brean, UK; and Cork, Ireland. The cable is constructed with 6 fiber pairs, with a design capacity for 53 Tbit/s.[4]

During the planning phases of the cable, Hibernia Networks intended to use Huawei as the contractor for construction of the cable.[6] Due to security concerns from the potential customers of the cable, Huawei was not used and the construction contract went to TE Subcom (owned by TE Connectivity).[1]

References
  1. "Hibernia Express transatlantic submarine cable network ready for service". Lightwave. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "GTT acquires Hibernia Networks for $590M, adds global fiber, low-latency routes to portfolio". fiercetelecom.com. 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. "GTT Grabs Hibernia Networks for $590M | Light Reading". Light Reading. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  4. "Hibernia Express Transatlantic Cable Route Connects New York to London in under 58.95 Milliseconds". Business Wire. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. "Hibernia Express - Submarine Cable Networks". Submarine Cable Networks. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  6. "Huawei Marine to build Hibernia Altantic's Project Express". Lightwave. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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