Tuesday, June 16, 2020

TATA COMM to enhance network with new submarine cable in AsiaPac Region


SINGAPORE / MUMBAI / RAJKOT - In a regulatory filing as submitted to the Indian Stock Exchanges, Mumbai headquartered Ratan Tata led Diversified Indian Conglomerate Tata Group's communications arm Tata Communications Ltd said of having partnered to enhance its network capability with the new submarine cable in Asia Pacific through Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium of which the company is a member and the same consortium is building a high-performance submarine cable connecting ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) economies, which is designed to carry more than 140 Terabytes per second of traffic, enabling high transmission of data over 9,400 kilometers length and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of year 2022.


In a press-release titled, "Tata Communications to enhance its network capability with new submarine cable in Asia Pacific", as attached and enclosed with the regulatory filing as submitted by the company to the Indian Bourses, it further read that, the network is designed with latest technologies, the high-performance cable will allow enterprises to connect with key Asia hubs.

The release further read that, Tata Communications, a digital ecosystem enabler, today announced that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium, of which it is a member, is building a high-performance submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The consortium has selected NEC Corporation to construct the 9,400-kilometer long ADC cable, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.

The cable will feature multiple pairs of high capacity optical fibres and is designed to carry more than 140 Tbps of traffic, enabling high capacity transmission of data across the East and Southeast Asian regions.




ADC’s high capacity allows it to support increasingly bandwidth-intensive applications driven by technological advancements in 5G, Cloud Platforms, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence.

This will further enhance the expansion of  communications networks in the region.

Tata Communications is one of the early initiators of the ADC Consortium since 2018.

This new capability will provide an additional route to Tata Communications’ existing global network.


Tata Communications owns and operates the world’s only wholly owned subsea network that encircles the globe.

This network enables businesses to reach more than 200 countries and territories and underpins all products and services of Tata Communications.

Today, around 30% of the world’s Internet routes travel over Tata Communications’ network.

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