SingTel, Google, and Others to Lay New Transpacific Internet Cable

Telecom news from asia:

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) announced that it is teaming up with Google, KDDI Corp., Bharti Airtel, Pacific Internet, and Global Transit to build a new underwater cable linking Japan and and the United States.

The 10,000 km ultrahighspeed cable, named Unity, is set to be completed by early 2010, at a cost of about US$300 million.

“This new submarine cable network, with its high capacity and resilient transmission infrastructure, will be able to meet the strong demand for data, ecommerce and Internet traffic between Asia and the US,” commented SingTel’s executive vice president of networks, Mark Chong.




Source: http://www.teleclick.ca/2008/02/singtelgoogleandotherstolaynewtranspacificinternetcable/