Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 8) — The Philippines’ Globe Telecom and DITO Telecommunity have teamed up with major carriers in China, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam to construct a multimillion-dollar submarine cable system in Southeast Asia.
The consortium, which targets to build the Asia Link Cable (ALC), is composed of Globe, DITO, China Telecom Global Limited, Singapore Telecommunications Limited, and Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd.
This group of telco players has committed to invest about $300 million to establish the ALC, which will stretch some 6,000 kilometers linking Hong Kong SAR China and Singapore as its trunk, with branches in the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, and Hainan, China.
In a statement, Globe said the ALC is envisioned to provide additional hyper-capacity within Asia and boost resiliency for international traffic.
“We started planning and designing the ALC cable more than two years ago at the onset of the pandemic, having anticipated the inevitable growth in high-definition content consumption, trade and innovation in this region,” said ALC co-chair Alan Tan, also an official of Singtel.
“Despite the challenges presented by safe management restrictions, we managed to come up with a system that will help meet the evolving needs of consumers and enterprises and boost local economies today and in the near future,” Tan added.
Globe said the consortium is eyeing to finish the undersea cable construction by the third quarter of 2025.
