While Malaysia hasn't settled the cabotage issue, Facebook and Google have announced Apricot, a 12,000km submarine cable that connects Japan, Taiwan, Guam, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines, but not Malaysia.
have just announced Apricot, a new subsea cable that will boost connectivity in the Asia Pacific region. The 12,000km long submarine cable will connect Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore, but unfortunately, Malaysia isn’t on the list.
Expected to launch in 2024, the cable system will provide an initial design capacity of more than 190 Tbps to meet rising data demands in the region as well as to support existing cable systems including Echo and Bifrost. It added that the new cable will help to meet the growing demand for 4G, 5G and broadband services in the region.
Google also highlighted that the network of cables will offer the benefits of multiple paths in and out of Asia to ensure a significantly higher degree of resilience for Google Cloud and digital services. As a result, businesses and startups in Asia can look forward to lower latency, more bandwidth, and increased resilience in connectivity between Southeast Asia, North Asia and the United States.
When Facebook announced Echo and Biforst cables to provide redundant and reliable connectivity between Southeast Asia and North America, MyIX had
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