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Thailand to build 9,400-km international undersea cable

Thailand’s CAT Telecom is partnering with members of the Asia Direct Cable Consortium (ADC) to build a 9,400-km international submarine cable to serve global content providers in Digital Park Thailand, and provide advanced technologies and 5G services in Southeast Asia.
Thailand to build 9,400-km international undersea cable ảnh 1The cable will connect China (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Guangdong province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. (Source: The Nation)

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s CAT Telecomis partnering with members of the Asia Direct Cable Consortium (ADC) to build a9,400-km international submarine cable to serve global content providers inDigital Park Thailand, and provide advanced technologies and 5G services inSoutheast Asia.

Sanpachai Huvanandana, president of CAT,revealed that the route will connect China (Hong Kong Special AdministrativeRegion and Guangdong province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand andVietnam. The consortium selected NEC Corporation to construct the cablesystem. 

It is expected to be completed in 2022, headded.

The cable system will be the main project toenhance CAT's international telecom networks that support growing internetusage in Thailand. It will help increase the capacity of telecom networks toserve the growing trends of global communication and connectivity in theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), he said./.
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