Cable System
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Can cable faults ever go away?
News Telcos have stepped up measures in recent years to improve redundancy and re-routing efforts during cable disruptions, but costs and nature still stand in the way.
Tags: Network infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Disaster recovery, Starhub, Ovum, SingTel, Asia, cable system, Cable, e-mail
S'pore unaffected by damaged cables
News Following disrupted service, several telcos have begun restoring damaged undersea system SMW4, but SingTel claims it has not detected any issues.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Networking technology, SingTel, India, cable system, Singapore, Restoration Work, Sri Lanka, Cable, phone
Overland cable connects India and China
News Reliance Globalcom's new terrestrial cable connecting India and China, aims to reduce latency and provide redundancy in case of subsea cable break.
Tags: Bandwidth, Networking technology, Disaster recovery, Asia, India, cable system, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Cable
Pacnet goes to Vietnam via new partner
News update Telecommunications service provider Pacnet inks alliance with FPT Telecom, gaining entry points to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Tags: Networking technology, Mobile, Asia, Vietnam, Telecommunications, cable system, Singapore, Broadband, Pacific Internet, Pacnet
More redundancy needed for global links
News Ongoing and planned network upgrades between Asia and U.S. sufficient for bandwidth demands, but ISPs need redundancy to better manage outages.
Tags: Bandwidth, Ethernet, Pacnet Ltd., BGP, network, Asia, Broadband, Cable, Internet Service Provider, network provider
Damaged undersea cables disrupting service
News Phone and Internet users in parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe are affected. How the cables were damaged is unclear.
Tags: Optical networking, Networking technology, Egypt, India, Bloomberg L.P., Europe, Cable, phone, Alexandria, Middle East
Effects of damaged cables continue
News Issues from damaged SMW4 cable system that took out Internet and phone communications last week still persist, with Singapore now apparently affected.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Contingency planning, SingTel, Asia, India, Singapore, Europe, Cable, Traceroute, Contingency planning
SingTel to invest US$2b in submarine cable network
News Singapore Telecoms Ltd said it will invest US$2 billion to construct a pan-Asian submarine cable system which will be able to accommodate more than 90 million conversations simultaneously.
NEC to lay cable between India, Sri Lanka
News The new network will provide a communication route from India via Sri Lanka to other countries including those in Asia.
Tags: Networking
Asia Pacific Cable Network lands ln Hong Kong
News The Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN 2) cable network has landed in Hong Kong, taking the network a step closer to becoming operational toward the end of September.
Comcast to buy out CalPERS stake
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SingTel joins forces to boost regional bandwidth capacity
News In a move to address regional bandwidth demand, SingTel and 15 other telecommunications carriers have agreed to construct a new submarine cable linking Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband
APCN 2 awards NEC Japan US$800m contract
News The investors of Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN 2) have today awarded US$800 million (RM3.04 billion) supply contract for the construction of the cable network to NEC Corp. of Japan.
SingTel, others complete regional 2.5Gbps cable 
News Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, together with five regional telcos, have completed the laying of an overland cable linking China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Asia Global Crossing cable lands in S'pore
News The US$1.3 billion East Asia Crossing submarine cable system has arrived in the Republic to provide local businesses alternative international bandwidth.
