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NEC Corporation and Alcatel-Lucent win contract to supply 20,000km submarine cable network between Southeast Asia and the United States

Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:31am EDT
NIPNY and ALU will will jointly deploy the Asia America Gateway, erthe first direct Tabit submarine cable network between Southeast Asia and the United States. Spanning over 20,000 km, A.A.G. will link Malaysia to the U.S. via Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii and the West coast of the U.S. worth approx $500 mln, the contract will deliver a cable network spanning almost half the length of the equator. The turnkey contract was signed today with a consortium formed by 10 parties including the Government of Brunei, T (U.S.A.), Bharti (India), C.A.T. (Thailand), P.L.D.T. (Philippines), P.T. Telkom (Indonesia), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia), Telstra (Australia), StarHub (Singapore) and V.N.P.T. (Vietnam).



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