Tata and Tyco Telecommunications complete TGN-IA Cable System 
ConvergenceAsia staff
18/08/2009

Global communications provider, Tata Communications, together with its supplier, Tyco Telecommunications, a business unit of Tyco Electronics have completed the installation, testing and commissioning of the TGN-Intra Asia (TGN-IA) Cable System.

The fully operational 6700KM TGN-IA system links Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Vietnam and the Philippines, providing route diversity throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Simon Cooper, Vice President Network Strategy, Architecture & Optimisation, Tata Communications, said this system will meet the ongoing need for increasingly robust international connectivity, and will help to enable continued growth and development in the Asia-Pacific region.

The system, which was strategically designed and routed to avoid earthquake and hazardous areas in the Asia-Pacific region, has an initial design capacity of 3.8 Tbps on a city centre to city centre basis and provides record breaking latency between South East and Northern Asia.

The TGN Intra-Asia Cable System offers a direct fibre path between Singapore and Tokyo, delivering the fastest available connectivity (RTD is 63ms).

“The system will not only provide enhanced communications capabilities for citizens throughout Southeast Asia, it will also promote global business growth and serve as the sole direct fibre route between Singapore and Japan,” said Michael Rieger, Vice President of Sales, Tyco Telecommunications.

When combined with the Tata Global Network TIC and Pacific cable systems, the Intra Asia cable system will complete Tata Communications’ multi-Terabit capability from India to Asia and onward to the United States.

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