Page 68 - The TM Submarine Cable Book

5: Connections around the world

TECHNOLOGY
High end Dense Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (DWDM).

SYSTEM COMMISSIONING AND UPGRADE
In service starting June 2017.
Estimated end of service in 2042.

OWNERSHIP
TELEKOM MALAYSIA and
MALAYSIAN COMMUNICATIONS &
MULTIMEDIA COMMISSION.
1. S1 Mersing, Johor (Malaysia).
2. S2 Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia).
3. S3 Bintulu, Sarawak (Malaysia).
CABLE LENGTH 4. S4 Miri, Sarawak (Malaysia).
The system has a length of 3,824 KM, 5. S5a Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (Malaysia).
with 9 Branching Unit (BU) and 26 6. S5b Cherating, Pahang (Malaysia).
repeaters.

SYSTEM CAPACITY
This cable consists of 3 fibre pairs with
design capacity can be upgraded until
12.8Tbps.

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