Malaysia's Telekom will lead a consortium of companies to build a USD$500 million 20,000km underwater fibre optic cable. This is in the wake of the recent Taiwan earthquake where Asia's internet connection was disrupted after the link was broken.
Dubbed the Asia-America Gateway, this will surely provide better connectivity and, hopefully, increase efficiency. Other companies involve include AT&T Inc. from the United States, the British Telecom Global Network Services, Eastern Communications Philippines Inc., India's Bharti AirTel, Thailand's CAT Telekom, Indonesia's Indosat and PT Telkom, Telecom New Zealand International, Singapore's StarHub and Australia's Telstra.
The construction for this project is awarded to Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent and Japan's NEC Corp.
From: Star Online Business "Malaysia leads plan for US-region cable link"
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