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Could the trans-Pacific capacity bubble burst next year

Posted By TelecomTV One , 07 September 2007 | 0 Comments | (0)
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A senior executive with global capacity provider Level 3 has warned that a potential bubble is inflating on the trans-Pacific route with eight more cables being planned for deployment in an 18-24 month period from next year onwards.

Mike Saunders, Level 3's director of business development for European markets, speaking at the Submarine Cable World exhibition and conference in Singapore, said that operators will need to cooperate and compromise if they are to avoid a scenario eerily reminiscent of the trans-Atlantic cable bubble that saw capacity increase twenty five-fold in the five years to 2003.

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