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Asia Direct Cable Consortium to Build New Asia Pacific Submarine Cable
NEC Corporation (NEC; TOKYO: 6701) today announced
that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium is building a
high-performance submarine cable connecting China (Hong
Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The consortium has
selected NEC to construct the 9,400-kilometer long ADC
cable, which is expected to be completed by the fourth
quarter of 2022.
The cable will feature multiple pairs of high capacity optical
fibers and is designed to carry more than 140 Tbps of
traffic, enabling high capacity transmission of data across
the East and Southeast Asian regions. ADC’s high capacity
allows it to support increasingly bandwidth-intensive
applications which are driven by technological
advancements in 5G, the cloud, the Internet-of-Things and
Artificial Intelligence. This will further enhance the
expansion of communications networks in the region.
“The ADC system provides the highest cable capacity and
necessary diversity for Asia’s key information hubs, which
will enable carriers and service providers to better plan
their networks and services for a sustainable
development,” said Chang Weiguo, one of the ADC Co-
Chairs from China Telecom.
ADC Co-Chair, Mr. Koji Ishii of SoftBank also said, “This
new system will contribute to drive the Asian ICT business
growth as one of the core infrastructures in the region and
to meet the evolving marketplace. As a leading submarine
cable system vendor, NEC has successfully provided many
trans-Asia submarine cable systems, making the company
the most reliable choice for the ADC supply partner.”
“As the supplier of the ADC Cable, NEC continues to support
critical infrastructure in Asia. This advanced optical fiber
submarine cable system will provide seamless connectivity
to the countries it lands in and the regions it services,” said
Atsushi Kuwahara, General Manager, Submarine Network
Division, NEC Corporation. “NEC is impressed by the level of
commitment from members of the ADC Consortium, and
will fully capitalize on our regional expertise to support
ADC and to ensure the successful completion of this
project.”
About the ADC Consortium
The ADC is a global consortium comprised of leading
communications and technology companies, including CAT,
China Telecom, China Unicom, PLDT Inc., Singtel, SoftBank
Corp., Tata Communications and Viettel.
