Asia Pacific Gateway

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Asia Pacific Gateway
Total length 10,400 km
Design capacity 54Tbps
Date of first use 31 October 2016 (2016-10-31)

Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) is a submarine communications cable system that connecting Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.[1][2] It will be about 10,400 kilometres (6,500 mi) long.[1] The capacity will be 54.8 Terabits per second.[3] The APG cable consortium includes Facebook [4] and other 11 leading carriers in the region. The APG cable system is scheduled to be ready for service in 2016.[5] The APG cable system is officially launched by NTT Communications in 31 October 2016.[6]

Total length of the Cable is 10,400 km[5]

Cable landing stations

It will have cable landing points at:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NEC wins Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) Submarine Cable System". NEC. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. "TIME dotCom inks construction and maintenance deal for Asia Pacific Gateway cable". Telegeography. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. "Global Transit Replaces TM to Land APG Cable in Malaysia". Submarine Cable Networks. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. "Facebook Invests in APG Cable". Submarine Cable Networks. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Some bad days ahead as Vietnam's Internet cable will undergo maintenance". THANHNIEN NEWS. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. "NTT Communications Launches High-Capacity Optical Submarine Cable Network Serving Asia-Pacific Region". NTT Communications. Retrieved 1 Nov 2016.
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