CAT laying submarine telecoms cable to link China with SE Asia
State telecom agency CAT Telecom has joined forces with members of the Asia Direct Cable Consortium (ADC) to build a 9,400-kilometre submarine cable to serve international content providers at Digital Park Thailand and also provide enhanced technologies and 5G in Southeast Asia.
The ADC cable is expected to be completed in 2022.
CAT president Colonel Sanpachai Huvanandana said that the ADC, of which CAT is a member, is building a high-performance submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong and Guangdong province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The consortium has selected NEC Corporation to construct the 9,400-km cable system, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.
The ADC cable system will be the main project to enhance CAT's international telecommunication networks, supporting growing internet usage demand in Thailand.
The cable will also increase the diversity and stability of international telecoms networks, to serve the growing trends of international communication and connectivity in Thailand and the rest of the Asean region.
"The ADC cable system will contribute to the international content providers' businesses in the Digital Park Thailand area and also enhance advanced technologies such as 5G, AI [Artificial Intelligence], cloud services, Internet of Things ( IoT), Smart City and Big Data," said Sanpachai.
The cable will feature multiple pairs of high capacity optical fibers and is designed to carry more than 140 terabits per second (Tbps) of traffic, enabling high capacity transmission of data across East and Southeast Asia.
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