APG submarine cable system links nine countries and regions across APAC.
Singapore telecommunications operator StarHub launched services over the Asia-Pacific Gateway submarine cable network system.
APG is a 10,900 kilometer submarine cable network system that links nine countries and regions in Asia Pacific with a capacity exceeding 54 terabits per second. APG has connection points in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The Singapore telco said it has signed partnerships with telecommunications companies in each country to provide services for its enterprise customers requiring international connectivity to any of the overseas markets. StarHub said the APG has cable landing points in Shanghai Nanhui, Chongming and Hong Kong operated by major Chinese telecom providers, which allows enterprises to benefit from diverse and competitively priced connectivity into China.
The APG cable system also enhances StarHub’s international connectivity by providing traffic routing diversity to submarine cable systems such as Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2, Asia Submarine-cable Express and Asia-America Gateway. The operator said this will provide Singapore-based enterprises more options to connect to other parts of Asia Pacific as well as minimize impact of any service disruption resulting from submarine cable damage.
China Mobile ends November with almost 510 million 4G customers
In related APAC news, China Mobile said it reached nearly 510 million LTE customers at the end of November, having added 12.5 million new connections in the month compared to 16.6 net additions the previous month.
Rival operator China Unicom said it added more than 5 million LTE customers last month, taking its LTE subscribers base to 99 million connections. China Telecom recorded 4.3 million net LTE additions in November, bringing the total LTE subscriber base to 117.3 million connections.
The three Chinese mobile operator ended November with more than 720 million LTE connections.
