Also called the Kwajalein Cable System, Hantru-1 was built by Tyco Telecommunications for Hannon Armstrong KCS Funding LLC and commissioned in 2010. The cable's main customer is the US military, but it's also used by MINTA and FSMTC for civilian communications. It's 2,887 km long and has separate pairs of fibre dedicated to military and civilian use. It uses a Ciena SONET Network system, providing Gigabit Ethernet, DS1, and E1 carriers.
Lands at:
- Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Piti, Guam
- Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Resources:
Cable System islands of Guam and Kwajalein (Purchaser); TKC Technology Solutions, LLC (Operator) (2010 The Kwajalein KCS connects cable stations on the Hannon Armstrong KCS Funding LLC
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190529082717/https://subtelforum.com/2hannon-armstrong-truestone-and-te-subcom-complete-construction-of-hantru1-cable-system/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190529082827/http://hurstinternational.com/project-hantru-1/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190529082755/https://blog.apnic.net/2019/04/22/when-the-internet-goes-out-a-marshall-islands-perspective/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170503015515/http://www.te.com/content/dam/te-com/documents/subcom/global/subcom-system-list.pdf
Segment Lengths:
- S1 Guam - BU1: 1784 km
- S4 BU1 - Pohnpei: 173 km
- S2 BU1 - BU2: 1068 km
- S3 BU2 - Kwajalein: 48 km
- S5 BU2 - Majuro: 499 km
Path Lengths:
- Guam Pohnpei: 1957
- Guam Kwajalein: 2900
- Guam Majuro: 3351
- Pohnpei Kwajalein: 1289
- Pohnpei Majuro: 1740
- Kwajalein Majuro: 547
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