Tata Communications And Tyco Telecommunications Complete TGN-Intra Asia Cable System
6700 km Undersea Cable System Connects Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Vietnam and the Philippines
Morristown, NJ, USA and Singapore - Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications, together with its supplier, Tyco Telecommunications, a business unit of Tyco Electronics and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, today announced that they have completed the installation, testing and commissioning of the TGN-Intra Asia (TGN-IA) Cable System. Arriving at the conclusion of a comprehensive test program, which verified compliance with all transmission requirements, the companies have completed the final step in achieving regional and global connectivity in Southeast Asia for the TGN.
The fully operational 6700KM TGN-IA system links Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Vietnam and the Philippines, providing route diversity throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
"The Tata Communications team is very excited to have completed our TGN-IA cable system, with the unwavering support of Tyco Telecommunications," said Simon Cooper, Vice President Network Strategy, Architecture & Optimisation, Tata Communications. "This system will meet the ongoing need for increasingly robust international connectivity, and will help to enable continued growth and development in the Asia-Pacific region."
He also added: "Very recently almost all of the region's key cable systems experienced simultaneous cuts, severely impacting network traffic across Asia. Most were damaged somewhere between Hong Kong and Taiwan. TGN-IA was fortunately not disturbed as a result of Tata Communications' specific decision to route the cable system as diversely as possible, so helping to improve regional business stability and ensuring our customers remain well served."
The system, which was strategically designed and routed to avoid earthquake and hazardous areas in the Asia-Pacific region, has an initial design capacity of 3.8 Tbps on a city centre to city centre basis and provides record breaking latency between South East and Northern Asia. When combined with the Tata Global Network TIC and Pacific cable systems, the Intra Asia cable system will complete Tata Communications' multi-Terabit capability from India to Asia and onward to the United States, and is a strong complement to existing regional systems. The System integrates seamlessly with the Tata Global Network and is a key piece in enabling Tata Communications' global connectivity.
The TGN Intra-Asia Cable System is unique in offering a direct fiber path between Singapore and Tokyo, so delivering the fastest available connectivity (RTD is 63ms).
"We are proud to have been a part of the successful completion of TGN-IA, which was designed and installed with our leading-edge technology," said Michael Rieger, Vice President of Sales, Tyco Telecommunications. "The system will not only provide enhanced communications capabilities for citizens throughout Southeast Asia, it will also promote global business growth and serve as the sole direct fiber route between Singapore and Japan."
SOURCE: Tata Communications and Tyco Telecommunications