India is on the move for becoming the most advanced country. Getting Wi-fi cities, high rise buildings/offices and free broadband connections (from BSNL).
Global leaders of the telecommunications industry including Bharti Airtel, one of India's biggest telecom services providers, signed a construction and maintenance agreement in Kuala Lumpur recently to build the first high bandwidth optical fibre submarine cable system linking South East Asia and the United States.
The construction of Asia America Gateway was formally announced in June 2006 in Hong Kong. The new cable – dubbed the Asia-America Gateway – will run from Malaysia to Hong Kong, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii and the US. Branches will also connect Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Vietnam.
The cable project is spearheaded by 17 telecommunications companies namely, AiTi, AT&T, BayanTel, Bharti, BT Global Network Services, CAT Telecom, ETPI, Maxis, PCP Company Ltd, PLDT, Saigon Postal Corporation, StarHub, Telekom Malaysia, Telstra, TNZL, Viettel and VNPT. It will be built at a cost of about $560 million.
The supply contract for the construction of the AAG cable system was signed between the AAG and the consortium of ASN-NEC Corp in Kuala Lumpur also last week.
The AAG cable system is designed to provide 1.92 Tbps using the field-proven Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology to provide upgradeable, future proof transmission facilities that support Internet and e-commerce.
"This investment is in line with our strategy to extend our international footprint and focus on connecting our customers in India to Asia and the Americas," Mr David Nishball, President, Enterprise Services, Airtel, in a release issued by the company.
"Our partnership in AAG cable system reinforces our commitment to invest in state-of-the-art technologies for providing scalable and future proof solutions for our international customers" said Mr. David.
More: The Hindu , Mangalorean.com
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