SINGAPORE, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --
- High-Bandwidth Cable System to Support Traffic Between Asia and US
Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and five other international telecommunications carriers have signed an agreement to construct a new ultra high-speed submarine cable system linking the United States to Japan.
The other carriers involved in the project include Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI Corporation and Pacnet.
The US$300 million cable system, named Unity, will span 10,000 km across the Pacific Ocean, linking Chikura in Japan directly to Los Angeles in the United States. It is expected to be ready for service in the first quarter of 2010.