NEC Corporation (TOKYO: 6701) and its subsidiary OCC Corporation announced today that they have completed full qualification of subsea repeaters and optical cable containing up to 20 fiber pairs (40 fibers). This is a 25% improvement in fiber count over 16 fiber pair systems previously built by NEC. This development allows cable owners worldwide to construct subsea telecom … [Read more...] about NEC Qualifies 20 Fiber Pair Subsea Telecom Cable Systems, With Further Advances Soon: Innovations to push NEC subsea cables to 24 fiber pairs and beyond