SingTel, Google, and Others to Lay New Transpacific Internet Cable

7:30 am on February 27, 2008 | Category: Business, Internet, Telecom Services

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Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) announced yesterday that it is teaming up with Google, KDDI Corp., Bharti Airtel, Pacific Internet, and Global Transit to build a new underwater cable linking Japan and and the United States.

The 10,000 km ultra-high-speed cable, named Unity, is set to be completed by early 2010, at a cost of about US$300 million.

“This new submarine cable network, with its high capacity and resilient transmission infrastructure, will be able to meet the strong demand for data, e-commerce and Internet traffic between Asia and the US,” commented SingTel’s executive vice president of networks, Mark Chong.

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