BSCC and NEC Announce the Completion of a New Submarine Cable Linking the Republic of Palau
2017年12月8日 - 3:09PM
JCN Newswire (英)
Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC; Republic of Palau) and
NEC Corporation (TSE:6701) announced today that the construction of
a new submarine cable linking the Republic of Palau has been
completed and is now ready for commercial service.
The Palau Spur interconnects with the existing SEA-US submarine
cable (which connects the Philippines and Indonesia to the west
coast of the United States via Guam and Hawaii) from a branching
unit located between the Philippines and Guam. The Palau Spur has
an initial design capacity of 500 Gigabits per second (Gbps), using
NEC's state-of-the-art 100Gbps technology. The new submarine cable
will connect the Republic of Palau to Guam and onward connectivity
to Asia, North America and the rest of the world.
The President of the Republic of Palau, His Excellency E. Tommy
Remengesau, Jr. declared BSCC open for business at a Ready for
Service celebration held at the National Museum in Koror, Palau.
"This marks the completion of critical national infrastructure,
that has already made its presence felt in improved services, and
will continue to support the sustainable development of Palau long
into the future as technologies evolve," the President
remarked.
BSCC Board Chairman, George Rechucher, said, "BSCC is proud to have
partnered with NEC to deliver a world class international submarine
network on time and under budget."
"NEC is honored to have been selected as a partner for this
significant project for the Republic of Palau and it is with deep
pride that we hand over the keys to launch the new submarine cable
link to the BSCC and the people of Palau," said Mr. Toru Kawauchi,
General Manager of NEC's Submarine Network Division. "Yesterday,
this island nation was still dependent on satellite communications,
but from today, this new cable will bring information at the speed
of light, improving the quality of life for those living in and
traveling to Palau."
NEC has more than 40 years of experience in the submarine cable
business and is recognized as one of the world's top submarine
system vendors. NEC has laid a total of more than 250,000
kilometers of submarine cable, the equivalent of six trips around
the earth. As a total system integrator, NEC produces optical
submarine cable, optical submarine repeaters and equipment for
connecting optical transmissions to land, in addition to carrying
out ocean surveys, route design, laying optical submarine cable and
training personnel for the handover of these systems.
About Belau Submarine Cable Corporation
BSCC is an entity established in Palau as a statutory corporation,
with its principal office at P.O. Box 10253, Koror, Palau 96940.
BSCC is a 100% state-owned entity of the Republic of Palau and the
implementing agency for the submarine cable project. BSCC, as owner
of the spur and the IRU Agreement with Globe Telecom of the
Philippines, will provide open bandwidth access to the
international cable system for all domestic telecommunications
operators. For more information, visit http://belaucable.com.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network
technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world.
By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross
utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's
advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of
its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in
technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society.
For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.
Based on its Mid-term Management Plan 2015, the NEC Group globally
provides "Solutions for Society" that promote the safety, security,
efficiency and equality of society. Under the company's corporate
message of "Orchestrating a brighter world," NEC aims to help solve
a wide range of challenging issues and to create new social value
for the changing world of tomorrow. For more information, please
visit
http://www.nec.com/en/global/about/solutionsforsociety/message.html.
Source: NEC Corporation
Contact:
NEC
Seiichiro Toda
s-toda@cj.jp.nec.com
+81-3-3798-6511
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