INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
Tata Communications to enhance
its network capability with new
submarine cable in Asia Pacific
Designed with latest technologies,
the high-performance cable will allow
enterprises to connect with key Asia hubs.
Tata Communications, a digital
ecosystem enabler, has announced
that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC)
Consortium, of which it is a member, is
building a high-performance submarine
cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and
Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The consortium has selected NEC
Corporation to construct the 9,400-kilometer
long ADC cable, which is expected to be
completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.
The cable will feature multiple pairs of
high capacity optical fibers and is designed
to carry more than 140 Tbps of traffic,
enabling high capacity transmission of
data across the East and Southeast Asian
regions. ADC’s high capacity allows it to
support increasingly bandwidth-intensive
applications driven by technological
advancements in 5G, cloud platforms,
Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence.
This will further enhance the expansion of
communications networks in the region.
Tata Communications is one of the early
initiators of the ADC Consortium since 2018.
This new capability will provide an additional
route to Tata Communications’ existing
global network.
Carl Osborne, Associate Vice President,
International Cable Network Development,
Tata Communications, said: “At Tata
Communications, we’ve been delivering
flexible borderless connectivity together with
intelligent application aware networks to our
global customers.
“Our collaboration within ADC consortium
to build this high-performance submarine
cable will provide enterprises with additional
connectivity between major traffic hubs in
Asia. This will further augment our existing
capabilities on the Tata Communications
Global Network with deeper reach, enabling
us to offer superior customer experience and
enhanced resilience.
“With digital technologies steering the
growth of business more than ever before,
this additional capability will address the
increasing bandwidth and data demands of
enterprises in Asia and globally.”
Tata Communications owns and operates
the world’s only wholly owned subsea
network that encircles the globe. This
network enables businesses to reach more
than 200 countries and territories and
underpins all products and services of Tata
Communications. Around 30% of the
world’s Internet routes currently travel over
Tata Communications’ network. •
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