Asia Pacific Gateway
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Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) is a submarine communications cable system that is planned to connect 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]
Total length of the Cable is 10,400 km[5]
Cable landing stations
It will have cable landing points at:[1]
- Mainland China (at Chongming and Nanhui)
- Hong Kong (at Tseung Kwan O)
- Japan (at Shima and Shin Maruyama)
- South Korea (at Pusan)
- Malaysia (at Kuantan)
- Taiwan (at Toucheng)
- Thailand (at Songkhla)
- Vietnam (at Da Nang)
- Singapore (at Tanah Merah)
References
- 1 2 3 "NEC wins Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) Submarine Cable System". NEC. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ↑ "TIME dotCom inks construction and maintenance deal for Asia Pacific Gateway cable". Telegeography. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ↑ "Global Transit Replaces TM to Land APG Cable in Malaysia". Submarine Cable Networks. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ↑ "Facebook Invests in APG Cable". Submarine Cable Networks. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- 1 2 "Some bad days ahead as Vietnam’s Internet cable will undergo maintenance". THANHNIEN NEWS. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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