Google and Facebook prepare to build the Southeast Asia US submarine optical cable system apricot
2021-08-28
Google and Facebook, two major U.S. technology companies, are deploying a new submarine optical cable system apricot to connect Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia.
It is reported that the system is 12000 km long and has a design capacity of more than 190tbps. It is expected to be put into use in 2024.
Philippine telecommunications company PLDT is also a partner of the project and will invest US $80 million in the system.
The construction of apricot will further supplement the echo submarine network system, which is a high-speed interconnected system connecting the United States, Guam, Singapore and Indonesia. Echo will be connected from California (United States) to the north of Changi in Singapore, and will have two branches, leading to AGAT and PITI (Guam) respectively, and plans to land in Tanjung Pakis, Indonesia.
Echo will provide 12tbps capacity for each pair of optical fibers, of which the 16206 km trunk line contains 12 pairs of optical fibers. The two 372 km branches (bu1 and bu2) to Guam will each have 12 pairs of optical fibers, while the 234 km branch (bu3) to Indonesia will include 4 pairs of optical fibers. The system is being developed in cooperation with XL axiata and will be completed in the third quarter of 2023.
Source: Cable Network
It is reported that the system is 12000 km long and has a design capacity of more than 190tbps. It is expected to be put into use in 2024.
Philippine telecommunications company PLDT is also a partner of the project and will invest US $80 million in the system.
The construction of apricot will further supplement the echo submarine network system, which is a high-speed interconnected system connecting the United States, Guam, Singapore and Indonesia. Echo will be connected from California (United States) to the north of Changi in Singapore, and will have two branches, leading to AGAT and PITI (Guam) respectively, and plans to land in Tanjung Pakis, Indonesia.
Echo will provide 12tbps capacity for each pair of optical fibers, of which the 16206 km trunk line contains 12 pairs of optical fibers. The two 372 km branches (bu1 and bu2) to Guam will each have 12 pairs of optical fibers, while the 234 km branch (bu3) to Indonesia will include 4 pairs of optical fibers. The system is being developed in cooperation with XL axiata and will be completed in the third quarter of 2023.
Source: Cable Network