MANILA – The South-East Asia Hainan-Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X) has reached the Philippines after the undersea fiber cable made landfall in Bauang, La Union, and is expected to boost the country’s intra-Asia connectivity.
In a statement Thursday, Converge CEO Denis Uy said the SEA-H2X is part of the telecommunications firm's investment in international cabling capacity.
It is expected to serve the region’s capacity needs for the next 10 to 15 years.
“Building up the Converge international cabling capacity has always been a long-term investment and today, we see a major development on that front,” Uy said.
The SEA-H2X has six landing points in Southeast Asia — Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong, Lingshui in China, Kuching in Malaysia, La Union in the Philippines, Tuas in Singapore, and Songkhla in Thailand.
It has a system design capacity of 160 terabits per second (Tbps) and aims to increase international capacity and reinforce the resiliency of undersea fiber links within the Asia Pacific region.
“Ultimately, it is intended to provide superior connectivity to subscribers and businesses in the Philippines; it is seen to benefit institutions seen as large consumers of bandwidth such as outsourcing and offshore industry, including major contact centers, business process outsourcing providers, global financial institutions and a host of other multinationals,” he said.
The SEA-H2X consortium comprises Converge, China Mobile International Limited (CMI), China United Network Communications Group Company Limited. (CU), AP SEA H2X Sdn. Bhd (AP SEA-H2X), in addition to HMN Technologies Ltd. that built the cable system. (PNA)
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