Tata Indicom Cable (TIC)

TIC belongs to the first cable systems which are fully owned and operated from the beginning (not acquired) by VSNL/Tata. TIC is also known as TIISCS (Tata Indicom India-Singapore Cable System). Several facts:

• Capacity : 320 Gbps lit; 5.12 Tbps design; 8 FPs; 96 Lambdas @ 10 Gbps
• Feature : HW and wavelength protection on wet segment; leading SLAs; linked directly to Tata's redundant network in India; onward connectivity from SG to Hongkong, Tokyo and USA
• Construction : 11/2003 - 9/2004; deep shore-end burial; ring-protected backhaul in SG
• Length : 3,175 km
• RFS since : late 2004
• CAPEX : ??
  
• Suppliers : Tyco ??
  
• CLP : Chennai, Changi (backhauled to Global Switch; Tai Seng Avenue)
• #BU : 4 (currently all stubs)

TIC Route (Source/Courtesy Tata)