KOTA KINABALU (Bernama) – A submarine cable project linking the Philippines and its counterparts in the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-MalaysiaPhilippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMPEAGA), and other Asian nations, is now being eyed. This followed a recent meeting of the BIMP-EAGA Working Group on information and communications technology (ICT) in Cagayan De Oro, Mindanao.
A statement issued by the Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCo), here yesterday said the proposal was presented by EA Trilink, a Philippine telecommunications company, during the meeting on Nov 10. The proposed project will link the Philippines with fiber optic links in EAGA, via Mindanao.
A joint study was conducted by Malaysia’s Danawa Resources Sdn Bhd and SACOFA with PT Trans Hybrid of Indonesia to implement the proposed Kuching-Pontianak Fibre Optic Link, a 150km cable system project between Tebedu in Kuching and Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
A terrestrial fiber optic network is available from Sarawak, through SACOFA to Sabah (CT-Sabah) via Brunei Darussalam through TelBru. The network can further connect with the rest of the world through the submarine cable namely SEA-MEWE3 (SMW3) and Asia-America Gateway (AAG) in Tungku Cable Station (TelBru) Brunei Darussalam.
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