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Monday, 16 June 2014

NTT extends ASE submarine cable connectivity to Cambodia

NTT Communications Corporation, the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, has announced that the Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) will be extended to Cambodia to provide reliable, high-capacity communication infrastructure for multinationals operating in the Mekong region.

According to NTT, Cambodia has seen increased investment as multinational companies enter the country to take advantage of government incentives for foreign investment. This has in turn led to demand for reliable, high-capacity networks for communication. 

The ASE will provide highly reliable, high-capacity communications connecting Cambodia and other countries in the Greater Mekong region with major locations elsewhere in Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. The arrival of the ASE also will enable NTT Com to provide local customers with even higher quality Internet network services.
The Cambodia extension is based on an agreement that NTT Com has reached with Chuan Wei Cambodia, under which NTT Com will lay Cambodia’s first submarine optical fiber cable.

Source: NTT. ASE Fast Facts:
Total length: Approx. 7,800 km
Design capacity: 15 Tbps or above
Landing stations: Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong
Participants: NTT Com, Telekom Malaysia, PLDT and StarHub

NTT Com continues to upgrade and expand its global submarine-cable infrastructure, including through the introduction of a 100 Gbps optical transmission system 
incorporating digital coherent technology. In addition, the company is expanding its number of ASE connection points and Nexcenter global data centres in Southeast Asia to provide high-quality network, data centre and cloud services in end-to-end solutions.

*Digital coherent is the latest transmission technology for improving spectral efficiency through multi-level modulation, including phase modulation and polarisation multiplexing. It 
greatly enhances receiver sensitivity by combining coherent detection and digital signal processing.

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