Sumitomo Electric

According to 36Kr, Meta announced it is partnering with NEC and Sumitomo Electric to build the Petal subsea cable, and is also collaborating with Orange to land the cable on the French Atlantic coast. Petal will connect the United States and France, spanning 7,000 kilometers (over 4,300 miles) and doubling the capacity of the world's most advanced transoceanic cables, and is expected to be deployed with peta-bit capacity, with service anticipated in 2029.