INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE

System spans approximately 10,000 kilometres , connecting China , Japan , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam .

The ADC submarine cable is owned by the ADC Consortium and features multiple pairs of high-capacity optical fibres . It is designed to carry more than 160 Tbps of traffic , enabling high-capacity transmission of data across the East and Southeast Asian regions .

The new cable represents a significant achievement as the latest Intra-Asia cable connecting China ( Hong Kong SAR ),

Japan and Singapore in the past eight years , providing essential infrastructure to support the burgeoning traffic demand in the region and opening up new avenues for communication and society ’ s future .

“ This new cable marks a significant milestone , providing a vital foundation to support the ever-growing communications needs of Asia and the world . The milestone represents the culmination of our efforts to overcome numerous challenges , made possible through steadfast collaboration and partnerships with esteemed stakeholders from various countries , including NEC . We are confident that this cable system will significantly contribute to the development of the AI industry in the Asia region ,” said Koji Ishii , MC Chairperson of the ADC Consortium .

“ NEC has earned the trust of its clients , and the consortium is extremely satisfied

with the successful completion of this cable ,” said Billy Li , MC Co-Chairperson of the ADC Consortium . “ It offers the greatest cable capacity and essential diversity required for Asia ’ s major information hubs , enabling telecom carriers and service providers to optimise their network and service planning for sustainable growth .”

“ NEC is honoured to have taken part in this prestigious project , which will support increasingly bandwidthintensive applications driven by technological advancements in 5G , the cloud , the Internet-of-Things and Artificial Intelligence ,” said Tomonori Uematsu , Senior Vice President with NEC Corporation . “ We thank the consortium for their partnership and for helping us to push the boundaries of numerous challenges to bring this project to fruition .”

NEC has been a leading supplier of submarine cable systems for more than 60 years , and has built more than 400,000 km of cable , spanning the earth nearly 10 times . NEC is well-established as a reliable partner in the submarine cable field as a system integrator that provides all aspects of submarine cable operations , including the manufacture and installation of optical submarine cables and repeaters , provision of ocean surveys and route designs , training and delivery testing . NEC ’ s subsidiary OCC Corporation manufactures optical submarine cables capable of withstanding water pressures at ocean depths beyond 8,000 metres . �