• Sumitomo Electric joined Meta, NEC in a collaboration to build “Petal,” a transatlantic submarine cable system targeting petabit-class capacity.
• System is planned to span about 7,000 km between the US and France, with operations scheduled to start in 2029.
• Meta will fund and operate the cable; NEC will handle overall design and construction.
• Sumitomo Electric will supply two-core fiber for the project, enabling 48 core-pairs to roughly double capacity versus the Anjana system.

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