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Type: Private Cable

Common Carrier: No

Owners: Docomo Pacific

Cost: $26 m

Builder: NEC

Equipment Supplier: Ciena

Distance: 279 km

Segments:

 Segment 1: Tata Piti CLS to Rota branching unit.

 Segment 2: Rota branching unit to new CLS at Songsong Village, Sasanlagu, Rota (land owned by CNMI Govt)

 Segment 3: Rota branching unit to Tinian branching unit.

 Segment 4: Tinian branching unit to CLS at Tachognya Beach, Tinian (land owned by CNMI Govt)

 Segment 5: Tinian branching unit to existing Docomo Pacific structure at Sugar Dock South, Saipan. (land owned by M.S. Villagomez, Inc.)

 Trunk is Segments 1, 3, and 5. Three fibre pairs, 100 Gbps lit. Remaining local routes will be lit at 10 Gbps.

Total Capacity: 7,200 Gbps

Lit Capacity: 200 Gbps

Landing Points: Aquarius Beach, Saipan

Ready for Service: 14 June, 2017

Links:

Atisa is a private cable built by NEC and owned by Docomo Pacific, linking Guam with the islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas. It's 279 km long, cost $26m to build and was completed in 2017. Total capacity on the cable is 7.2 Terabits per second, but lit capacity at commissioning was 200 Gbps.

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Lands At:

• Piti Cable Landing Station, Guam
• Sasanlagu, Rota, CNMI
• Tachognya Beach, Tinian, CNMI
• Sugar Dock South, Saipan, CNMI

Additional Resources:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20190529034351/https://www.ciena.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/DOCOMO-PACIFIC-announces-ATISA-Submarine-Cable-System-Ready-for-Service.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190903114803/https://www.telecomreviewasia.com/index.php/news/industry-news/526-docomo-pacific-atisa-submarine-cable-system
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190903115057/https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/docomo-pacific-statement-on-public-funding-for-project-atisa/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190529034621/https://www.subcableworld.com/newsfeed/fiber-optic-cables/docomo-pacific-starts-marine-lay-of-atisa-cable-in-the-mariana-islands
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190903115107/https://www.

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• oceanspecialists.com/projects/osi-lead-atisa-submarine-fiber-network-build
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190903115110/https://www.oceanspecialists.com/news/press-releases/osi-delivers-construction-phase-of-atisa-network
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190903115103/https://www.nec.com/en/press/201706/global_20170622_01.html