TIS Cable

TIS stands for Thailand Indonesia Singapore. As indicated by the name, it is an optical submarine cable spanning from Songkhla (Thailand) to Batam (Indonesia) via Changi (Singapore). TIS cable was the first submarine cable project of PT. Telkom.

• Operated since December 2003
• Length: approx. 1,100 km
• Owners: consortium of SingTel, CAT Telecom, and PT. Telkom
• CAPEX: USD 36 mio.
• Capacity: design 320 Gbps, initial 30 Gbps
• Contractor: NEC Corp.
• Construction: 11/2002-12/2003
• Repeatered and unrepeatered system