International cable, superior interconnectivity

MANILA, Philippines - Globe Telecom is currently being interconnected to the Southeast Asia-Japan Cable System (SJC), an international submarine cable system operated by a global consortium of telecommunications and technology companies with its landing in Nasugbu, Batangas last Feb. 10. Measuring 8,900 kilometers that could extend up to 10,700 kms, the SJC will support an initial design capacity of over 15 terabits per second, equivalent to 1.8 million to 2.3 million simultaneous HD videos streaming. Linking the Philippines with Brunei, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, with options to extend to Thailand, the SJC allows open access in key destinations and flexible capacity on usage for carriers as well as cost-effective and resilient connectivity to other submarine cable systems. It is targeted to be operational during the second half of 2013. The investment of Globe in the SJC will bring increased cable diversity to its network for continuous, superior Internet connectivity as well as voice services and bring more advanced solutions to customers, from bandwidth-intensive applications such as Internet TV and games to enterprise data exchange. The SJC will help Globe address the increasing demand for bandwidth to serve both individual users and enterprise customers by providing much-needed capacity and faster, more reliable connectivity to sustain the unprecedented growth in data, Web applications and Internet traffic within the Philippines. Being a co-owner of the cable, it will bring financial benefits and long-term security of bandwidth supply and reliable connectivity to Globe. In photo are (from left) Daiki Miwa, David Lim and Masanori Takei of NEC Corp. as well as Efren Muñoz Jr., Luisito Dungo and Marianito Mailig of Globe.