A consortium of service provider which includes Hawaiian Telcom, Globe Telecom, GTA, GTI, RTI, Telin, and Telin USA, announced the completion of a new $250 million Southeast Asia – United States (SEA-US) undersea fiber cable system.
The ultra-long-haul submarine fiber system connects Indonesia, the Philippines, Guam, Hawai‘i and California. It provides the fastest direct access between the U.S., Philippines and Indonesia, extending nearly 9,000 miles on a route that bypasses congested, earthquake-prone regions.
The SEA-US cable system is designed with state-of-the-art 100 gigabit per second technology delivering 20 terabit per second capacity. However, the system is engineered to enable far greater capacities as technology advances in the future.The trans-Pacific fiber network also provides critical route diversity to the Northern Pacific route between Japan and the U.S. Backed by expansive and redundant terrestrial networks connecting cable stations and data centers in California, Guam and Hawaiʻi, SEA-US strengthens Hawai‘i’s position as a key strategic hub.
By 2015, the year construction on the cable began, nearly $30 million of its capacity was sold, validating the need for bandwidth on the trans-Pacific route and confirming a strong return on investment, said Hawaian Telecom.
Scott Barber, President and CEO
This landmark cable system ensures Hawaiian Telcom has the capacity to cost-effectively support bandwidth requirements of cloud, streaming video, Internet of Things, and new applications that spur innovation and economic growth for Hawaiʻi’s residents and businesses.
