New Asian/Transpacific Submarine Cables

In addition to AAG, several new cable systems in/via Asia are developed (just commissioned or currently under construction). This includes :

• Trans-Pacific Express (US-China)
• FLAG NGN (Intra-Asia, Intra-Africa, Mediterranean, Trans-Pacific)
• IMEWE/TIC (Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Europe)
• East Asia Crossing (EAC) Extension
  

From a certain point of view EAC transpacific might offer a better network robustness than AAG since it uses two separate routes to connect to the US (something similar to the Apollo cable system for Transatlantic connection). Some other information about the EAC extension:

• Transpacific ring system connecting South East Asia (the Phillipines) directly to the US
• Configuration: Design capacity 2.56Tbps; initial capacity 200Gbps; 4 FPs, DWDM
• RFS: July 2008 ?
  

Courtesy EAC, Taken from George McLaughlin, APAN