The Digital Source For China's Tech Innovation Since 2000

Search
Close

VSNL Plans US$200 Million in Intra-Asia Cable

August 28, 2006
Telecom & Wireless

VSNL International is planning to build a new multi-terabit submarine cable system linking Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

This new intra-Asia cable will enable VSNL International to better serve its global customers doing business in and with the burgeoning Asia-Pacific markets.

This investment follows the recent announcement by VSNL to build a new system from India to Europe that will provide connectivity to the Gulf region and the African continent. The intra-Asia cable, when combined with the Tata Indicom Cable System (TIC) and the TGN-Pacific cable system (both of which are built with 8 fibre pairs capable of supporting 7+ Tbit/s of traffic), will complete VSNL International's multi-Terabit capability from India to Asia and onward to the US.

"With Asian bandwidth demand forecasted to grow at an average of 27% CAGR, VSNL International is taking steps to expand its capacity to serve customers in the booming intra-Asia market," says Vinod Kumar, President VSNL International. "This new high-capacity cable system, soon to be one of the region's largest, combined with our existing C2C capacity and TGN-P capacity, will enable us to deliver high-performance bandwidth at the most cost-effective pricing and fulfil our strategy to become the market leader in bandwidth supply."

VSNL International will commence construction of the new intra-Asia cable by December 2006. The scheduled build time for the project is 12-14 months. The company is already in the process of finalizing design details, selecting suppliers and identifying additional partners for the project. Future potential landing stations for the cable include locations in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Guam.

Tags: Africa | ASIA | bandwidth | Business | C2C | cable | China | construction | Europe | Hong Kong | India | international | investment | Japan | KONG | Malaysia | Pacific | performance | Philippines | president | pricing | Singapore | strategy | Taiwan | Vietnam

Other Related News:

Gehua's Joint Venture To Expand Broadband Value-Added Services

October 22, 2007

ZTE Undertakes World-Leading OADM Metro Backbone Network In Hong Kong

January 8, 2004

From the Dragon’s Mouth – Chinese Messaging on Space

October 5, 2021

China Cable's SARFT Approved Set-Top Cable Box Sales

January 21, 2004

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) Stock Position Lifted by Atria Investments LLC

September 13, 2021

China tightens foreign IPOs, may ban some of the national security

December 26, 2021

ABQ Software Firm Lands Distributorship In China

October 30, 2003

Chinese APT Hackers Used Log4Shell Exploit to Target Academic Institution

December 31, 2021

Security Experts & the “Vulnerability of the Decade” Covid Is Here for Good How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter, and more

December 25, 2021
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Corrections and Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
Menu
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Corrections and Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
© 2022 ChinaTechNews.com. A Service of Asia Media Network.
Twitter
Posting....