‘MAREA’ to be laid undersea by Microsoft, Facebook

Tech giants Microsoft and Facebook have inked a pact on laying ‘MAREA’ a giant high-tech, subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean. This will help connect the United States with Europe therby facilitating faster speed and Internet access. The work will begin from August 2016 and will be completed by October 2017. The cable will boost high speed cloud and online services for the customers of Microsoft and Facebook. To get latest current affairs view here.

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