Hong Kong-based Pacnet (亞太環通), operator of an Asia-wide undersea cable network, and Taiwanese fixed-line operator New Century InfoComm Tech Co (NCIC, 新世紀資通) are planning to expand cable connectivity to increase the two company’s capacity for network optimization.
NCIC, a subsidiary of Far EasTone Telecommunications Co (遠傳電信), will deliver additional capacity between cable landing stations in Pali and Danshui, while Pacnet will provide NCIC with additional international capacity via its EAC-C2C cable system to support the nation’s growing demand for bandwidth.
“Partnership with NCIC will boost Taiwan’s network resiliency and connectivity,” Pacnet chief executive Bill Barney told a media briefing on Thursday.
“We will also link our Shanghai and Qingdao landings in China to Taiwan to deliver additional cross-Taiwan Strait network capabilities, since we have found strong bandwidth demand between China and Taiwan,” Barney added.
Currently, 88 percent of cross-border Internet traffic in the Asia-Pacific region relies on submarine cables, higher than in the rest of the world, according to Pacnet.
By 2014, the Asia-Pacific area will have become the region with the highest Internet traffic, generating 21.7 exabytes per month, followed by North America with 19 exabytes per month, Pacnet said.
Pacnet’s 36,800km EAC-C2C cable system links 18 landing stations in Asia-Pacific countries, including Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia, making it the biggest private undersea cable operator in the region.
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