Telekom Malaysia leads consortium to build undersea cable to link with US
AFP, June, 2006
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HONG KONG (AFP) — Telekom Malaysia has said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with seven Asian partners to build an undersea broadband cable system linking Southeast Asia with the United States.
Malaysia's largest telecom company said the cable system will route between Malaysia and the US through Hong Kong, the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii, with branches into Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam and Vietnam.
Baharum Salleh, chief operating officer for Telekom Malaysia which leads the consortium, said the system is aimed to support the burgeoning demand for voice, IP/data and video traffic between Southeast Asia and the US.
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"We see the big broadband potential in these countries," he said in Hong Kong Thursday. "By 2008, we would not have sufficient capacity to connect Malaysia to the internet."
He expects to see at ...
