Hexa Capital Consultancy Plt said it selected Globe Telecom as the Philippine landing party for its upcoming Malaysia-US (MYUS) submarine cable.
The MYUS cable is being planned with a ready-for-service date of mid-2028 to connect Malaysia and the US directly for the first time with high-capacity fiber optic connectivity, increasing access to reliable and affordable digital services across Southeast Asia.
The cable backbone will extend between the Malaysian Peninsula near Sedili to Davao in Philippines, the US territory of Guam and then directly onward to Alaska Communications’ cable landing station in Florence, Oregon.
Along the path, MYUS will also connect Batam, Jakarta and Balikpapan in Indonesia. Globe’s cable landing station in Davao will serve as a crucial interconnection point for the project.
“The MYUS cable is being designed specifically to provide trusted and reliable direct fiber connectivity between these locations for large hyperscaler, cloud, content, telecom carriers and government customers,” said Hexa founder and chief executive Azhari Abang Hadari.
“Globe Telecom was our top choice when we evaluated strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific Region, with their long history of stable high-performance fiber optic network and the new PDSCN domestic Philippines fiber system connecting major enterprises and data centers throughout the country,” he said.
Globe Business head KD Dizon said the company looks forward to a long-term relationship hosting MYUS at its landing station in Davao. “Our cable landing facilities offer diverse route connectivity to global and regional carriers,” said Dizon.
“The access to customers utilizing our robust state-of-the-art network should give confidence to operators looking to interconnect with domestic and international constituents. Davao is a critical hub for subsea fiber optic cables, which are the backbone of today’s internet,” she said.
MYUS will be an open cable with 16 fiber pairs along its backbone. Hexa’s business model is to sell fiber pairs to long-term owners who will demand reliability, resilience and high cable performance to support their business growth.
