Warrior event was still in everyone’s memory. It is for these reasons among others that STC (UK) rejected the Alcatel‘s suggestion to come with a joint bid, to offer a “European” solution. One of the winning factors has been the Port-Botany cable factory. Such a factory was a strong requirement from OTC (now Telstra) and the Australian Government. Alcatel was the most motivated. Such a factory could expand its influence in the Pacific where the three other players were historically well established in this region, which represents a large part of their market. They saw this factory as a risk for their existing facilities! I sincerely this kind of language will We should be glad to see our industry moving SubOptichope ‘87 inthat Versailles came at the right time. notItbe a part of SubOptic 2010. I invite the paper forward with such energy. However, some is where the Australian teams discovered the takecooperation this into account. ofand these readingslanded have left a badtotaste in my l’Astrolabe, in 1788 discover that selection French committee model, a to close between SubOptic is not a conference where papers are mouth. It took me some time to identify the Captain Cook was already around bearing the Alcatel and FT, exactly what they wanted to esdesigned to “sell something.” SubOptic should reasons, they are:Bay is now for me the British but flag.here So Botany tablish in their country. be a “university” where papers are geared symbol of a dream which becomes a reality! My friend, things are changed since, but academically, with a high level of intellectual In the first press release concerning 40G Tasman 2 has been yet another chapter one thing stays true: When you offer something, honesty. one can read: ”X and Z report successfully in this long Anglo-French competition! The the reader can see between the lines if you are trialing 40G optical technology across ultra award to Alcatel came out as a big surprise to Is or genuinely motivated and sincere. Then thisnot a dream, my friend? long-distance submarine cable to prove many, including inside Alcatel. Everybody was your offer becomes really attractive and this that available bandwidth can be quadrupled naturally expecting the British to win that batopens the route to “Botany Bay.” without the need for costly reengineering of tle,undersea and such an expectation was at delivers that time the network...the equipment See you soon. 4xvery the logical. capacity of today’s 10G networks at a There were so many difficulties and fraction of the cost of laying new cables”. Jean Devos is a senior consultant These statements arebetween intentionally unclear misunderstanding Australia and with Submarcom about thethe real capacity increase the new 40G France, main one being the French presence Submarcom ConsultingConsulting. He is also one of the founders and a technology will Lessbeing experienced in the Pacific area,bring. the worse the nuclear board member of Axiom, a Paris readers will naturally (though bomb experiment in Tahiti! Themistakenly) sad Rainbow based company specialized in
Letter to a friend from Jean Devos
My dear friend By the time this letter reaches you, it will already be September. I am writing from my summer home in mid-August, enjoying the deep countryside and 32°C temperature. I spend more time in my garden than I do watching “Botany televisionBay” or connecting to the internet. The noise of the rest of the world doesn’t really I published recently a modest novel, whose title reach me here, at least not very clearly.
My Dear Friend
is Botany Bay. It is the place in Australia where Alcatel established a Despite this, I have picked up a few things. submarine cable and facI’ve heard that 40G is truly on the way, in 1989 as part that a typhoon recently hittory several cables in theof contract for the Taiwan area. People are its saying “the network 2 link.thanks In this is now showing signs ofTasman resilience,” same bay, where two to route diversity. I have also read two press releases...“Nortel and Southern Cross achieve centuries before the 40G at 8,000Km on submarine and French cable” expedition “Hibernia Atlantic offers native 40-Gbps “La Pérouse” made of capacity across the Atlantic for commercial two ships, La Boussole
use.” I have also received messages from various sources reminding me that SubOptic 2010 paper submissions will be closing midSeptember. “Submit an abstract for SubOptic 2010 today and be a part of the premier event in our industry!”
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conclude that the overall capacity of the cable will be multiplied by four. The number of wavelengths is not mentioned. It should be the honor and pleasure of our industry to explain things in a clear manner, with the intention of properly informing our readers.
Submarine systems projects study & management. He spent three years developing Tyco’s international capability, and was the head of ASN (Alcatel Submarine Networks). Jean was born in 1938 and is graduated from the Lille University. He is the founder of SubOptic and carries a vast international experience in our field.
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