Asia - Infrastructure - Submarine Cables

Synopsis

Submarine cable systems have been an intrinsic feature of Asia’s telecoms infrastructure. However, in the late 1990s, as billions of investment dollars poured in, a massive oversupply of undersea cable capacity was occurring. This oversupply combined with operator debt to see the region’s submarine cable market move into serious crisis in 2001. The depressed market persisted even as prices continued to fall. Things started to change for the better in 2006, when a series of new regional submarine infrastructure projects were announced. There were all the signs of recovery with a significant increase in business activity anticipated in 2007/08. This report takes a brief look at the overall market and provides information on a selection of the significant submarine cable networks across the region.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Submarine cable networks
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Taiwan earthquake – December 2006
  • 2.3 Major submarine cable systems
    • 2.3.1 Asia-America Gateway (proposed)
    • 2.3.2 Asia-Pacific Cable Network (APCN)
    • 2.3.3 Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN 2)
    • 2.3.4 Ochre’s proposed Australia-Asia cable
    • 2.3.5 Australia-Guam cable (proposed)
    • 2.3.6 Australia-Hawaii cable (proposed)
    • 2.3.7 Australia-Japan Cable (AJC)
    • 2.3.8 C2C
    • 2.3.9 Dumai Melaka Cable
    • 2.3.10 East Asia Crossing (EAC)
    • 2.3.11 EAC Pacific (proposed)
    • 2.3.12 Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG)
    • 2.3.13 Guam-Philippines Cable
    • 2.3.14 Hong Kong-Japan cable
    • 2.3.15 i2i Network
    • 2.3.16 India-Singapore cable (proposed)
    • 2.3.17 Indonesia-Australia cable (proposed)
    • 2.3.18 JAKABARE
    • 2.3.19 Japan-US cable (J-US)
    • 2.3.20 JASURAUS
    • 2.3.21 Korea-Japan cable
    • 2.3.22 Malaysia-Singapore-India cable (proposed)
    • 2.3.23 Nava Network
    • 2.3.24 Pacific Crossing (PC-1)
    • 2.3.25 Pacnet
    • 2.3.26 Pacific Unity cable
    • 2.3.27 Reach North Asia Loop (RNAL) cable
    • 2.3.28 SEA-ME-WE cable networks
    • 2.3.29 Singapore-Hong Kong-Japan cable (proposed)
    • 2.3.30 Southern Cross cable
    • 2.3.31 Tata Indicom India-Singapore
    • 2.3.32 Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore cable
    • 2.3.33 Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong (TVH) cable
    • 2.3.34 Trans-Pacific Cable Network 5 (TPC-5CN)
    • 2.3.35 Trans-Pacific Express (proposed)
    • 2.3.36 VSNL Transpacific (formerly Tyco Transpacific) cable
• 3. Related reports