Google and Facebook on Monday unveiled plans for a brand new undersea Internet cable connecting Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Indonesia.
The cable undertaking dubbed Apricot can be some 12,000kms (almost 7,500 miles) and be operational in 2024 topic to regulatory approvals, the businesses mentioned in separate statements.
The undertaking introduced by the US companies and regional and international companions “will deliver much-needed internet capacity, redundancy, and reliability to expand connections in the Asia-Pacific region,” mentioned Facebook engineering supervisor Nico Roehrich.
“The Apricot cable is part of our ongoing effort to expand global network infrastructure and better serve the more than 3.5 billion people around the world who use our services every month,” Roehrich added.
Earlier this 12 months the businesses introduced one other cable undertaking dubbed Echo connecting the United States, Singapore, Guam, and Indonesia.
“The Echo and Apricot cables are complementary submarine systems that will offer benefits with multiple paths in and out of Asia, including unique routes through southern Asia, ensuring a significantly higher degree of resilience for Google Cloud and digital services,” mentioned Google Cloud vice chairman Bikash Koley.
“Together they’ll provide businesses and startups in Asia with lower latency, more bandwidth, and increased resilience in their connectivity between Southeast Asia, North Asia, and the United States,” Koley added.
Google and Facebook this 12 months halted efforts on a deliberate undersea cable that may have linked California and Hong Kong, resulting from tensions between the United States and China.
Last 12 months, the US Department of Justice really useful that the deliberate cable proposed by Google and Facebook bypass Hong Kong.
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