NEC on Tuesday said it will start the construction of the $250 million South-East Asia – United States (SEA-US) submarine cable system that directly connects Indonesia and the United States.

The project with 100G trans-oceanic submarine cable system covering nearly 15,000 kilometers is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2016.

“This cable promises to expand connectivity and capacity as well as contribute to the economies of Southeast Asia and the U.S.,” said Naoki Yoshida, general manager of NEC’s Submarine Network Division.

The SEA-US system will link the five areas and territories of Manado in Indonesia, Davao in Southern Philippines; Piti in the territory of Guam; as well as Honolulu (on the island of Oahu), Hawaii; and Los Angeles, California in the continental U.S.

The cable system will provide an initial 20 terabit per second (Tb/s) capacity, with 100 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) technology to meet the growing demand for bandwidth between Southeast Asia and North America.

With further connectivity using existing and planned submarine cable systems in the region, other countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, and Australia can enjoy the benefit of the SEA-US

The SEA-US consortium consists of PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin), Globe Telecom, RAM Telecom International (RTI), Hawaiian Telcom, Teleguam Holdings (GTA), GTI Corporation (a member of the Globe Telecom group of companies) and Telkom USA.

“This development will benefit the outsourcing and offshoring industry, including major contact centers, business process outsourcing providers, global financial institutions and a host of other multinationals that require very large bandwidth as the Philippines has become the preferred destination for these companies,” said Gil Genio, chief operating officer of Globe Telecom.

Baburajan K
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