MOX Networks Joins Topaz Subsea Cable to Extend Capacity and Create a New Asia-Pacific Gateway

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MOX Networks, LLC (“MOX”), a leading fiber-optic network specialist, is excited to announce its acquisition of spectrum from Google on the Transpacific, Topaz subsea cable system, the first-ever fiber cable to connect Canada and Asia. The new cable path combined with MOX’s network infrastructure portfolio will bring new wholesale capacity to customers seeking secure, diverse paths between Japan and North America.

Topaz boasts 16-fiber pairs, delivers a total capacity of 240Tbps, and features Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) technology, a software-defined spectrum slicing capability on an optical fiber pair for flexibility in routing and enhanced resilience. The Eastern end of the cable begins in Vancouver and connects to the prefectures of Mie and Ibaraki in Japan.

MOX is a commercial provider of wholesale bandwidth solutions from Vancouver, Westward to Tokyo, and South down to Seattle. Offering up to 400G Wavelengths and dark fiber channels over a multi-terabit network, MOX is poised to provide connectivity to the data hubs on both ends of the subsea network via highly dense cables and systems that fully serve the Americas and Japan. The MOX network spans over 16,000km with submarine and terrestrial fiber, including access to the latest next-generation subsea system, Topaz.

“It’s been exciting to see Topaz come to fruition after our close collaboration with MOX and other partners,” said Ian Clarke, Director, Global Submarine Networking, Google. “By offering fiber and spectrum to carriers like MOX, Google ensures that other customers can benefit directly from the work we are doing to improve global connectivity with increased reach, reliability, and resilience.”

“We are thrilled to join Topaz as a commercial network provider offering high-capacity, low latency, next-gen, diverse networks connecting Canada and Japan. Our customers and partners mean the world to us and we are excited to grow with them as a preferred connectivity partner,” said Allen Meeks, President and CEO, MOX. “With the constantly evolving and insatiable focus on technology and AI, we believe that both our network infrastructure and the international submarine cable network are integral parts of the support system for these innovations.”

Founded in 2013 and privately owned by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the founder of NantWorks, a network of health and technology companies, MOX was born from the desire to support the immense capacity requirements of high-tech cancer research and development companies with the mission of creating and commercializing highly effective evidence-based medicinal treatments. The network has since expanded through organic build-outs, acquisitions, and partnerships, creating a vast fiber-optic network portfolio spanning North America and connecting to Japan.

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MOX responds to the increasingly complex requirements of hyperscalers, wireless service providers, government, municipalities, and public and private partnerships with exclusive, custom design and deployment of unmatched low latency networks. For more information, visit moxnetworks.com.