Bandwidth Price (1)

This first "Bandwith Price" thread will cover only the case in African market. It it based on the talk given by Michael Ruddy / Terabit.

The current, second "boom" in submarine cable market is not only happened in Asia and Transpacific segments, but also in Africa. One of the most prominent drivers for investment in fiber infrastructure is the currently-quite-high "bandwidth price" in the regions. According to Michael:

BRCS (2)

Several days ago, I was unintentionally delivered to pak/bu yudhi's blog, where I found an official route map for BRCS. The following picture shows BRCS cable compared to its competitor (or friend ? :-D) : MIC-1 cable. This is also intended as a revision of my old-post where I mentioned BRCS.

Telkom's Batam Singapore Cable (BSCS?)

This post is to continue and formalize this conversation, since it would be easier to update this as more information regarding this system is available.

As of now, the only official information can be found for this system is as follows:

• Contractor: NEC Corp.
• Contract signed on March 2008
• CAPEX: USD 13.1 mn
  

Inofficial, according to pak Meneer, Telkom will use this cable to connect to the new AAG cable.

SJC Plan

Southeast-asia Japan Cable (SJC) is currently in the planning stage. This second Google-led cable initiative will extend Unity cable to Southeast Asia.

• RFS: earliest 2011 (Alan Mauldin's estimate)
• Corsortium members: Google, Bharti, SingTel, KDDI, Global Transit (all these companies are also member of Unity Japan-US)
• Consortium members (SJC only): Globe Telecom Philippines, TOT Thailand
• Contractors/suppliers: ??? the same as Unity ???
• Current status: planning stage; preparation of supply contract
• CAPEX ???
  

Southeast-asia Japan Cable (SJC) Plan (Source/Courtesy Telegeography)

PPC-1 (Pipe Pacific Cable-1)

PPC-1 is owned (via its subsidiaries) by PIPE Networks, which is claimed itself as "Australia's largest peering provider and operates 16 IX points in 6 cities with over 130 active connections". PIPE has a close partnership with VSNL(Tata), in particular as the company intends to expand its business to the international wholesale market.