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{{Infobox Submarine communications cable
| cable_name = TGN Atlantic (TGN-A)
| map =
| owners =
| technology =
| design_capacity = 5.12 [[Terabit per second|Tbps]]<ref name="gregsmap">{{Cite web| title = TGN Atlantic | work= Greg's Cable Map| accessdate = 2016-05-31| url = http://www.cablemap.info/?c=TGN%20Atlantic}}</ref>
| current_capacity =
| length = 12.935 km<ref name="gregsmap"/>
| topology =
| first_use_date = 2001<ref name="gregsmap"/>
| landing_points =
*[[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States]]
*[[Highbridge, Somerset|Highbridge]], [[Somerset]], [[United Kingdom]]
}}
'''TGN Atlantic''' (TGN-A) previously '''VSNL Transatlantic''' and '''TGN Transatlantic''', is a [[Submarine communications cable|submarine telecommunications cable system]] transiting the Atlantic Ocean. The cable has been in operation since 2001.

The cable was operated by the American corporation [[Tyco International]] until it was acquired for 130 million US$<ref>{{Cite web| title = Business : VSNL to acquire Tyco's submarine cable network| work = [[The Hindu]] | date = 2004-11-02 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/02/stories/2004110205341700.htm}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> by [[India]]'s [[VSNL|Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL)]] in 2005.
Since 2008 VSNL was rebranded as [[Tata Communications]]<ref>{{Cite web| title = History| work = Tata Communications| accessdate = 2016-05-31| date = 2015-03-07| url = http://www.tatacommunications.com/history}}</ref> and the cable was named ''TGN-A'' for '''T'''ata '''G'''lobal '''N'''etwork '''A'''tlantic.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Tata Communications brings 100G connectivity to carriers and enterprises across the US and Europe using Ciena’s GeoMesh| work = Tata Communications| accessdate = 2016-05-31| date = 2013-09-20| url = http://www.tatacommunications.com/article/tata-communications-brings-100g-connectivity-carriers-and-enterprises-across-us-and-europe}}</ref>

The cable system is constructed from two separate cables routed slightly differently, but both cables terminate in the same locality at each end. Each cable is constructed with 4 fibre pairs per cable, and each fibre pair supports 64 10Gbit/s waves at construction, allowing for a total lit capacity (at construction) of 2 cables x 4 fibre pairs x 64 10 Gbit/s waves = 5.120 [[Terabit per second|Tbit/s]].

It has [[Cable landing point|landing points]] in:
*[[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States]] (two cable landing points)
*[[Highbridge, Somerset|Highbridge]], [[Somerset]], [[United Kingdom]] (two cable landing points)

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite web |title=Tyco Telecommunications, Network Services on the Tyco Global Network – TGN, Presentation to LISHEP, February 17, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |url=http://www.lishep.uerj.br/lishep2004/lishep/talks_lishep2004/1st%20Round%20Table/Olson/Tyco%20Olson%20Presentation.ppt |accessdate=November 22, 2006 }}
*{{Cite web| last = Dormon| first = Bob | title = How the Internet works: Submarine fiber, brains in jars, and coaxial cables| work = [[Ars Technica]]| accessdate = 2016-05-31| date = 2016-05-26| url = https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/how-the-internet-works-submarine-cables-data-centres-last-mile/}}
{{refend}}
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{{Transatlantic telephone cables}}

[[Category:Transatlantic communications cables]]
[[Category:Infrastructure completed in 2001]]
[[Category:United Kingdom–United States relations]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in England]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in New Jersey]]

TGN Atlantic - Revision history

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