11 December 2009, 02:00am IST
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NEW DELHI: A group of global telecom and technology
firms, comprising India's Reliance Globalcom and
Bharti Airtel, on Thursday signed an
agreement to build and operate a submarine cable
system with the world's highest capacity.
To be built at an estimated $400 million,
the Southeast Asia Japan Cable system (SJC)
would address broadband demand and sustain the
growth in data, web applications and Internet
traffic throughout Asia, a joint statement said.
The SJC system, measuring 8,300 km, will initially
link Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and
Japan, it added. The six-fibre-pair high-capacity submarine
cable system has a design capacity of 17 Terabits per
second (Tbps), and can be upgraded to 23 Tbps, the highest
capacity system ever built so far. The consortium includes
Globe Telecom (Philippines), Google (US), KDDI (Japan),
Network i2i, Reliance Globalcom (through FLAG Pacific Ltd,
Bermuda), Bharti Airtel and Telemedia
Pacific Inc Ltd (Hong Kong/Indonesia).
"We will now be uniquely positioned to provide to our
customers' voice, Internet and data services across the
entire Asian continent connecting the top 10 key business
markets in Asia Pacific," Reliance Globalcom President and
CEO Punit Garg said..
Source:PTI
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