Converge ICT Solutions Inc. said Thursday the Philippine branch of the South-East Asia Hainan-Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X) landed in Bauang, La Union.
The state-of-the-art cable system will significantly boost data capacity and connectivity within Southeast Asia, it said.
“Building up the Converge international cabling capacity has always been a long-term investment and today, we see a major development on that front. As early as now, we’re preparing for the region’s capacity needs, as far ahead as 10-15 years down the road,” Converge chief executive and co-founder Dennis Anthony Uy said.
The SEA H2X is intended to be a state-of-the-art, high-capacity fiber-optic submarine cable system that will address the increasing telecommunications traffic capacity demands within the region.
The SEA-H2X has six landing points in Southeast Asia including Hong Kong SAR (Tseung Kwan O), China (Lingshui), Malaysia (Kuching), Philippines (La Union), Singapore (Tuas) and Thailand (Songkhla).
SEA-H2X, with a system design capacity of 160 Tbps (terabits per second), aims to further increase the international capacity and reinforce the resiliency of its undersea fiber links within the Asia Pacific region.
It is intended to provide superior connectivity to subscribers and businesses in the Philippines and is seen to benefit institutions seen as large consumers of bandwidth such as outsourcing and offshore industry, including major contact centers, business process outsourcing providers, global financial institutions and a host of other multinationals.
Other members of the SEA-H2X consortium are China Mobile International Limited (CMI), China United Network Communications Group Company Limited. (CU), AP SEA H2X Sdn. Bhd (AP SEA-H2X, previously known as IRIX SEA-H2X and PPTEL SEA-H2X), while HMN Technologies Ltd. was engaged to build the cable system.
“As an important large-bandwidth submarine system in the region, SEA-H2X will further upgrade connectivity to Hong Kong SAR, Hainan SEZ and Southeast Asia countries, boosting unimpeded trade, communication, financial integration along the route,” said Meng Shusen, CU chairman and president.
