A Finnish company, in cooperation with an Anchorage-based telecom startup helmed by former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, plans to lay an 8,700-mile fiber-optic cable between Europe and Japan through the Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait by 2025.
to lay an 8,700-mile fiber-optic cable between Europe and Japan through the Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait by 2025.
“This is my main focus,” said Berkowitz, who has kept a low profile in the year since he resigned from his position as mayor after admitting that he hadBefore becoming mayor, Berkowitz had experience in telecommunications work, including with the firm that laid a fiber-optic cable system between Prudhoe Bay and Fairbanks. Several of his prior business partners are, including Walt Ebell, former head of Old Harbor Native Corp.
The Arctic route offers the same advantages for telecommunications traffic as air traffic: It covers a shorter distance between the cities of Europe and eastern Asia. In addition to offering lower latency, the cable would provide greater capacity for growing global internet traffic.
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