LIRNEasia » FLAG Telecom http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 FLAG to invest $1.5 billion on new submarine cable network http://lirneasia.net/2006/12/flag-to-invest-15-billion-on-new-submarine-cable-network/ http://lirneasia.net/2006/12/flag-to-invest-15-billion-on-new-submarine-cable-network/#comments Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:18:38 +0000 Divakar Goswami http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/12/flag-to-invest-15-billion-on-new-submarine-cable-network/ FLAG Telecom plans to deploy the largest IP-based submarine cable network that will connect 60 countries, including many that currently have poor connectivity by 2009. India, Indonesia, and Philippines are among the countries that FLAG’s NGN network will have a presence in.
Reliance to carry FLAG far and wide:

“We live in a world where there is too much of bandwidth for some, little for others and none for many – there is unequal access to bandwidth in and across countries, continents and communities,” said Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, chairman, Reliance Communications. “FLAG NGN will democratise digital access,” he added.

FLAG NGN will comprise of our systems. FLAG NGN System 1 would cover Asia that includes India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei and Honk Kong. FLAG NGN System 2 would be for Africa covering Kenya, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar and Mauritius.

FLAG NGN System 3 will cater to the Mediterranean region, including Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta, Libya and Lebanon. And the Trans-Pacific region, including the US West Coast, Japan, China and Hong Kong, would be covered by FLAG NGN System 4.

]]> http://lirneasia.net/2006/12/flag-to-invest-15-billion-on-new-submarine-cable-network/feed/ 1 Cable and operator redundancy for Sri Lanka http://lirneasia.net/2006/12/cable-and-operator-redundency-for-sri-lanka/ http://lirneasia.net/2006/12/cable-and-operator-redundency-for-sri-lanka/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:29:46 +0000 Rohan Samarajiva http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/12/cable-and-operator-redundency-for-sri-lanka/ Until 2005, Sri Lanka had one undersea cable (if one did not count the aged SEA-ME-WE 2) and one operator controlling access to it.

Then came SEA-ME-WE 4 and the BSNL cables. More cables, but still one operator, SLTL. Now finally, we have operator redundancy. This should be sweet music to the BPO industry.

LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE – LBO

Lanka Bell, one of Sri Lanka’s privately held wireless telecom operators, has tied up with India’s FLAG Telecom to lay an undersea cable linking both countries.The 27 million dollar deal will see a third landing on the cable that currently runs from India to the Maldives, Lanka Bell’s Director, Damien Fernando said.

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