100Gbps submarine cable links Indonesia with Singapore

• Cable links nine Indonesian cities and Singapore
• Links two international submarine cables at Dumai and Manado

 

NEC Corporation has inked a contract with PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom) to develop the Indonesia Global Gateway Cable System (IGG), an optical submarine cable system that will connect the islands of Sumatra, Batam, Jawa, Bali, Kalimantan and Sulawesi with Singapore.

The IGG is a 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) x 80 wavelengths (wl) x 4 fibre pairs (fp) optical fibre submarine cable system, measuring approximately 5,300 kilometres, that will connect the cities of Dumai, Batam, Jakarta, Madura, Bali, Makassar, Bilikpapan, Takaran and Manado with Singapore.

Once IGG is completed in early-2018, this cable system will not only enhance connectivity among these major cities of Indonesia, but it is designed to provide direct connectivity between two international submarine cables, one from Europe landing in Dumai, and the other from the west coast of the US terminating in Manado.

"NEC is honoured to be selected once again by Telkom as the supplier of an optical fibre submarine cable system, the advanced 100Gb/s IGG system, providing connectivity among nine Indonesian cities and Singapore, and linking two international submarine cables at Dumai and Manado.

"Since first building an optical fibre submarine cable system for Telkom in 1991, NEC has helped to expand Indonesia's domestic connectivity. The Papua Cable System being the latest such contribution," said NEC Corporation submarine network division general manager Toru Kawauchi.
 
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