# NEC awarded contract to build submarine cable for Okinawa Cellular Telephone

NEC Corporation was awarded a contract by Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company to design, engineer, supply, install, test and implement an optical submarine cable system connecting Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures in Japan. The cable is scheduled to start operation in April 2020.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-02-18
- Where: Okinawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80 Tbps
- Products: optical submarine cable system
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [NEC](https://endata.com/companies/17906.md) (supplier)
- [Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company](https://endata.com/companies/37387.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [nec.com](https://www.nec.com/en/press/201902/global_20190218_02.html), 2019-02-18: "NEC Corporation announced today that a contract has been awarded by Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company for NEC to design, engineer, supply, install, test and implement an optical submarine cable system connecting Okinawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan."

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