COOPERATION FORUM #9

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

26 – 27 September 2016

Submarine Cables

In The Straits of Malacca & Singapore

An insight on submarine cable networks in the

Straits of Malacca and Singapore and highlights

its capabilities and significance.

Highlighting the impact of submarine cable faults

and efforts made to protect the cable from

external aggressions.

Nowadays,

telecommunication

plays an important

role in our everyday

life…..

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The majority (95%) of intercontinental telecommunication is done via submarine cable networks….

LANDLAND

30 Terabits per second!

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Medan

Dumai

Melaka

Penang

Satun

Cherating

Mersing

Singapore

Batam

SEA-ME-WE 3 1998

SOUTH AFRICA FAR EAST / 2002

DUMAI MELAKA CABLE SYSTEM / 2004

BATAM DUMAI MELAKA / 2012

SEA-ME-WE 4 / 2005

ASIA PACIFIC CABLE NETWORK 2 / 2001

ASIA AMERICA GATEWAY / 2009

BATAM RENGIT CABLE SYSTEM / 2007

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Efforts by cable consortium to continuously

protect submarine cables in SOMS…

THANK

YOU!