The Southeast Asia-Japan cable (SJC) system, delivered by TE SubCom and NEC Corporation, is now functional, offering connectivity to major destinations with an aim to address the rising bandwidth demands in the area. The system also facilitates economical and reliable connectivity to other submarine cable systems.
The SJC system is managed by an international conglomerate of telecommunications and technology organizations. The system connects seven countries or territories, namely Brunei, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines, with an alternative to connect Thailand.
The SJC, an 8,900-kilometer cable system, can be additionally expanded to 9,700 kilometers. Developed at a price of $400 million, the system comprises of six fiber pairs with the preliminary design capacity of 28 terabits per second. The system can address the demanding bandwidth requirements of applications like Internet TV, Web-based games and enterprise data exchange.
In a statement, Ooi Seng Keat, spokesperson, SJC consortium and vice president, Carrier Services International Business Unit, Group Enterprise, SingTel (News - Alert), said, "The SJC system signals a milestone for the seven Asia Pacific countries in the consortium as it will set a new benchmark in global data and information connectivity. The SJC is interconnected seamlessly with the latest transpacific cable, and which together will deliver the lowest latency connectivity between Asia and the U.S., specifically from Singapore to Los Angeles. As the SJC cable route avoids the earthquake zone in North Asia, it enhances the operators' network resilience by offering cable diversity and reliability in the event of a cable breakage in other undersea networks."
According to Shunichiro Tejima, SVP, NEC (News - Alert), the organization, as part of the project, will assist the expansion of telecommunication infrastructure in these and other countries worldwide.
David Coughlan, president, TE SubCom, said, "We join SJC and NEC in recognizing the completion of this landmark project which we began together in 2011. As anticipated at the project inception, we believe this system will have a significant effect on how this region interacts and communicates with the rest of the world by connecting key landing sites while also providing the ability to connect other systems."
Edited by Rachel Ramsey