Japan’s NEC seeks edge in undersea cable with high-capacity fiber

Company to invest $600m-plus in tech, cable-laying capacity as market grows Submarine cables are wound at a factory belonging to NEC subsidiary OCC. (Photo by Kyoko Hariya) TOKYO — Japan's NEC is looking to hone its undersea cable technology to secure a bigger share of a critical market for international telecommunications, with plans to invest more than 100 billion yen ($636 million) in the submarine cable business over five years.

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