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An official release informs that the new partnership effectively
offers VSNL's domestic corporate customers a cost-effective bandwidth
solution to Trans-Pacific routes over Asia Netcom's EAC cable system,
or all the way to US and Europe.
VSNL MD A K Gupta added, ''With a view of catering our services
to the growing requirements of our customers, VSNL is presently
investing in a number of next generation submarine cable projects.
With Asia Netcom, our wholly owned Tata Indicom cable, will offer
enhanced connectivity over the trans-Pacific belt. The new arrangement
with Asia Netcom will help us package an end-to-end range of bandwidth
solutions for our corporate customers.''
The new 3175 km Tata Indicom submarine cable system will run between
Chennai and Singapore. The cable system will have an initial capacity
of 320 Gbps with the ability to scale up to its design capacity
of 5.12 Tbps. With an estimated operating lifespan of 25 years,
the new cable will connect Chennai to Singapore, from where onward
extension to the US and other significant geographies is readily
available at competitive prices.
Asia Netcom's EAC is a 19,500 km, submarine fiber cable system
connecting Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore
and Taiwan with 80 Gbps of capacity that is upgradeable incrementally
to 2.56 Tbps.
VSNL is in the process of expanding its global presence and is
setting up operations in Sri Lanka and the US.
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