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5: Connections around the world

OWNERSHIP
• NTT, PLDT, STARHUB AND TELEKOM
Asia Submarine-cable Express MALAYSIA.
(Cahaya Malaysia)  2 fiber pairs owned by TELEKOM

MALAYSIA.
 4 fiber pairs are jointly owned by NTT,
PLDT, and STARHUB.

CABLE LENGTH
• High powered repeatered optical
transmission to allow transmission over
7,169.144km.

•Consist of 6 fibre pair connecting Japan to
the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore
with branch to Hong Kong and potential
landing in Mainland China.
• Alternative route within Asia-pacific region.

• Restoration paths to existing trans-Pacific
cable systems linking Asia-Pacific to North
America such Japan-US Cable Network
(JUSCN).

SYSTEM CAPACITY
• To date total capacity of 600Gigabits per
second for 2 fiber pair belonging to
Malaysia.

• Design capacity 15.36Tbps.

TECHNOLOGY
• DP-QPSK-allowing bit-rate up to 40Gigabits
per second.

SYSTEM COMMISSIONING AND

UPGRADE
 In service since August 2012 for Phase 1,
2013 for Phase 2 – NEC.
 Estimate end of service in 2038.

ASE LANDING STATIONS
1. Changi South, Singapore.

2. Daet, Philippines.

3. Maruyama, Japan.
4. Mersing, Malaysia.
5. Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
6. Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong.

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