Batam-Dumai-Malacca submarine cable system ready
Published: Dec 30, 2011 11:30 AM | Updated: Dec 30, 2011 11:31 AM
The Batam-Dumai-Malacca (BDM) high bandwidth optical fibre submarine cable system, directly connecting Malaysia and Indonesia, has been completed and ready to carry commercial data traffic starting today.
The Batam-Dumai-Malacca (BDM) high bandwidth optical fibre submarine cable system, directly connecting Malaysia and Indonesia, has been completed and ready to carry commercial data traffic starting today.
The construction of the BDM cable system was formalised with the signing of a construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) between Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL)and PT Mora Telematika of Indonesia in February this year.
TM’s executive vice-president of global, Mohamad Rozaimy Abd Rahman, said the BDM is ready to “go live” and will further enhance the capacity of the existing networks in the region.
“This BDM project also demonstrates TM’s commitment to invest in the development of IP communications in the Asian region and to provide a faster and resilient Internet connection, hence a better surfing experience for users,” he said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.
He said the beneficiaries of the BDM are not only confined to the consortium members, but also countries and regions directly connected to Malaysia and Indonesia.
The BDM not only offers additional international bandwidth capacity to countries in the region. It also serves as a gateway to Asia, as more international organisations move their operations to the region to leverage on the lower cost of operations here.
The BDM cable system consists of four fibre pairs, designed to provide 1.28 Tbps adopting Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology to provide upgradable, future-proof transmission facilities.
The BDM connects an approximately 400km distance between the two countries with two routes, Malacca-Batam and Malacca-Dumai. The landing station in Malaysia was provided by TM with the Indonesian landing stations established by XL.
Beside serving the two countries, the cable system will also provide seamless interconnection with other major cable systems connecting Europe, the United States, Africa and other parts of Asia via Malaysia.
- Bernama
The construction of the BDM cable system was formalised with the signing of a construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) between Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL)and PT Mora Telematika of Indonesia in February this year.
TM’s executive vice-president of global, Mohamad Rozaimy Abd Rahman, said the BDM is ready to “go live” and will further enhance the capacity of the existing networks in the region.
“This BDM project also demonstrates TM’s commitment to invest in the development of IP communications in the Asian region and to provide a faster and resilient Internet connection, hence a better surfing experience for users,” he said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.
He said the beneficiaries of the BDM are not only confined to the consortium members, but also countries and regions directly connected to Malaysia and Indonesia.
The BDM not only offers additional international bandwidth capacity to countries in the region. It also serves as a gateway to Asia, as more international organisations move their operations to the region to leverage on the lower cost of operations here.
The BDM cable system consists of four fibre pairs, designed to provide 1.28 Tbps adopting Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology to provide upgradable, future-proof transmission facilities.
The BDM connects an approximately 400km distance between the two countries with two routes, Malacca-Batam and Malacca-Dumai. The landing station in Malaysia was provided by TM with the Indonesian landing stations established by XL.
Beside serving the two countries, the cable system will also provide seamless interconnection with other major cable systems connecting Europe, the United States, Africa and other parts of Asia via Malaysia.
- Bernama
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