12.05.2022 Intra - Asia enhances connectivity between Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asia with SEA-H2X submarine cable | China Unicom Global | News | Nachricht | Mitteilung
High-Performance Cable System Aimed at Bringing Speed and Capacity To Support Digital Transformation in AsiaHONG KONG, CHINA / ACCESSWIRE / May 12, 2022 / China Mobile International Limited (CMI)[1], China
(Infographic courtesy of Converge) MANILA - A new submarine optical cable system will soon run along Hong Kong, the Philippines, and other countries in Southeast Asia (SEA) to further boost digital connectivity in the region. In a statement on Thursday, fiber broadband provider Converge CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Uy announced his company's involvement in the SEA Hainan-Hong Kong Express (SEA-H2X) cable system a 5,000-kilometer (km) long submarine optical cable utilizing at least eight fiber pairs between Singapore to Hong Kong with a system design capacity of 160 terabits per second (Tbps). "This submarine cable system will boost the connectivity between our two points of presence (PoP) located in Hong Kong and in Singapore. Further, this will serve as a crucial infrastructure to add diversity and redundancy to our international network," Uy said. He added that the system will "truly diversify" Converge's international capacity portfolio as transpacific dem