FASTER submarine cable
Price and availability check
Awards for Outstanding Performance
Technology & capacity
FASTER uses the latest fiber optic technology and offers a capacity of up to 60 Tbit/s, which meets the requirements of international companies with high transpacific bandwidth requirements. Essentially, these are the technological features:
- Six fiber pairs: The combination of six fiber pairs and coherent transmission technology enables high and scalable capacity on the transpacific route.
- Multiple landing points: Connecting multiple landing points in Japan and Taiwan creates flexibility and increases redundancy for users in the region.
- The latest generation of fiber optic technology for minimal signal loss and stable transmission quality across the entire transpacific route.
Provider Overview
SAVECALL as access to FASTER
FASTER is one of the key trans-Pacific cable options for companies with a presence in Japan, Taiwan and the American West Coast. Its direct connectivity to several Japanese landing points as well as Taiwan makes it a particularly valuable system for companies in the semiconductor, electronics and technology industries that rely on low-latency connections between North America and East Asia. Access to capacity on FASTER requires direct wholesale partnerships and deep market knowledge of the trans-Pacific cable landscape. This is exactly where SAVECALL comes in. We have direct market access, analyze your connectivity strategy and source capacity on FASTER specifically for your requirements.
The result for our customers:
- Direct capacity access to FASTER without reseller chains
- Transparent price benchmarking and market data
- Direct connection to Japan and Taiwan via a transpacific route
- Negotiation of IRU structures and leased capacity models
- Clear SLAs and ongoing capacity management
Customers
Why
Telecom & IT sourcing. Worldwide. Carrier-independent.
Selection & operation of worldwide connectivity & cloud infrastructure. Without vendor risk & unnecessary costs.
- 80+ carriers worldwide
- One point of contact
- One SLA
- One portal: mySAVECALL
- Min. 20% savings
25+
years of experience
40+
Employees
80+
Partner
1400+ Clients
Trusted Advisor for IT & Telecommunications Sourcing
What drives you forward – & what drives
Book a free expert consultation
Frequently asked questions about the FASTER cable
FASTER connects Bandon, Oregon, in the US with the Japanese landing points Chikura and Shima, as well as Tanshui in Taiwan. Onward connectivity extends to major data center hubs on the US West Coast, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. For companies with sites in Japan, Taiwan or the US West Coast, FASTER offers one of the most established trans-Pacific routes.
FASTER reaches a design capacity of 60 Tbit/s, spread across six fiber pairs using 100G DWDM technology. This made it one of the highest-capacity trans-Pacific cables at launch in 2016, and it continues to reliably cover bandwidth demand between North America and East Asia.
FASTER entered service in 2016 and was built by NEC. It is operated by a consortium comprising Google, KDDI, SingTel, China Mobile International, China Telecom Global and Global Transit. This broad consortium structure ensures a solid user base and good availability of capacity for third parties.
This mainly depends on the landing points you need and your preferred redundancy concept. FASTER is a good fit for direct connectivity to Japan and Taiwan, Jupiter adds a landing point in the Philippines, and Tata TGN-Pacific stands out with its self-healing dual-ring structure and high capacity. Combining two systems is often the better choice to ensure genuine route diversity. SAVECALL advises on the right combination on a vendor-neutral basis.
Genuine redundancy only exists when the chosen cables use different landing points and physically separate routes, for example combining FASTER with a system that has a different ring structure, such as Tata TGN-Pacific. The landing stations themselves should also be redundantly connected, so that a local outage does not jeopardize the entire connection. SAVECALL plans these concepts independently of any single cable operator, with a focus on actual failover reliability.
Access to capacity on FASTER runs through direct wholesale partnerships with the consortium partners, as well as IRU or leased capacity agreements. SAVECALL negotiates these structures directly with the relevant carriers, without detours via reseller chains. Book a free consultation to discuss the right capacity solution for your business.
ONE Contact. ALL Carriers.
+FAQ
You ask.
