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Detailed explanation-1: -Microsoft, Facebook and a subsidiary of Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica have completed the highest-capacity undersea cable to travel across the Atlantic, capable of carrying data under the ocean at speeds of 160 Terabits per second.

Detailed explanation-2: -Facebook is invested in two cables that are currently active. It is involved in five more cable projects currently under construction, a spokesman said.

Detailed explanation-3: -Undersea cables are usually owned by a consortium of owners, which is responsible for costs associated with laying new undersea cables.

Detailed explanation-4: -The First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Was a Bold, Short-Lived Success. After much ado, the US and Britain laid the first successful cable under the ocean in August 1858. It stopped working weeks later. After much ado, the US and Britain laid the first successful cable under the ocean in August 1858.

Detailed explanation-5: -Subsea or submarine cables are fiber optic cables that connect countries across the world via cables laid on the ocean floor. These cables – often thousands of miles in length – are able to transmit huge amounts of data rapidly from one point to another.