Singapore Telecommunications Ltd is one of over 80 telecommunications authorities to build the world’s longest and largest-capacity submarine cable to link the Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe at a total cost of $1.3bn. Other major investors in the project are Deutsche Telekom AG, British Telecommunications Plc, Telekom Malaysia Bhd, Indosat, France Telecom, Telstra Corp, China Telecom and Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. A second cable will run from Singapore and Australia, the third from Singapore to various Asian destinations, including China and Japan.
SINGTEL JOINS $1.3BN SUBMARINE CABLE EFFORT
