VSNL to proceed with TGN-Intra cable system

Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) today announced that it is proceeding with the construction of the TGN-Intra Asia cable system, which will be constructed by US-based Tyco Telecommunications.

The TGN-Intra Asia submarine cable is a new 4-fibre pair cable system linking Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan with an additional connection to the Philipines and potentially Vietnam.

The cable will provide up to 3.8 Tbit/s of capacity to the rapidly growing Asia-Pcific market allowing the company's global customers doing business in and with the region to obtain additional bandwidth, increased route diversity and extended geographical reach.

The TGN-Intra Asia cable, when combined with the Tata Indicom Cable System (TIC) and the TGN-Pacific cable system, will complete the company's multi-terabit capability from India to Asia and onward to the US.