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5: Connections around the world
OWNERSHIP
•TELEKOM MALAYSIA AND TELKOM
INDONESIA
•CABLE LENGTH
•High powered optical transmission to
allow repeaterless transmission over
159km.
•SYSTEM CAPACITY
•Initial – 20Gb/s.
•Design capacity 320Gb/s, equivalent to
2048 STM-1 (3.9 million telephone
channels).
•TECHNOLOGY
•Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
(DWDM) Submarine Line Terminal
Equipment.
•SYSTEM COMMISSIONING AND
UPGRADE
• In service since Feb 2005.
• Dumai Melaka Cable System is supplied
by NEC – vendor.
• Estimate end of service in 2030.
1. Melaka, Malaysia.
2. Dumai, Indonesia.
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