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A (Possibly) New Competitor for Matrix and Jakabare 2008-09-02 19:21:35 A competitor or a friend ? :-) It could actually be a potential partner if you want to connect to Western Australia!
I don't remember precisely how, but yesterday my Firefox browser took me to Ochre's website. Honestly, I've never heard Ochre before, so I was a bit surprised; similar to the moment where I read about the MCS project for the first time.
Facts, Plans & Quotes (Brett O’Riley, Read more:Matrix
Jakarta Metro Backbone 2008-08-29 21:12:13 It seems that everybody in Jakarta
want to have his own metro :-) Currently many companies have built their metro infrastructure to support their business, particularly in big cities such as the Greater Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Bandung etc. These include :well known telcos (TELKOM/TSEL, ISAT, XL, other?)successfull ISPs (BizNET,CBN, other?)VSAT network operators (CSM, Lintasarta, other ?); and
Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) Cable System 2008-08-24 20:24:31 TPE (Trans-PacificExpress
) is claimed to be "the first next-generation undersea optical cable system directly linking the US and China" and "the first major undersea system to land on the US West Coast in more than seven years". TPE will have a more than 60 times the overall capacity of the existing cable directly linking the US and China, and thus it will be a major enhanceme Read more:Cable
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Bandwidth "Under Water" 2008-08-24 08:29:02 As Asia NetCom (currently PACNET) introduced its idea for EAC Pacific one or two years ago, they underlined the fact that due to underserved routes from South and South-East Asia, Japan-US connections have become a bottleneck. They have shown a picture similar to one below. It has attracted my attention since it split Asia into three regions together with their connectivity parameters. At least, Read more:Bandwidth
How Much Bandwidth do Indonesian ISPs Have ? 2008-08-24 07:28:50 Though there are many Internet and NAP service providers running their business since several years ago, "big Internet pipes" are only owned by the (former-telco-only) giants: Indosat, Telkom, Excelcomindo, and Telkomsel. They may have a total international IP bandwidth more than 1 Gbps. Unfortunately, as usual :-D I don't have complete, official, clear, and confirmable numbers for that. Read more:Bandwidth
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PT. Power Telecom (PowerTel) 2008-08-23 08:05:57 Is there any relation between PowerTel Indonesia and PowerTel New Zealand/Australia ? Honestly I've just heard about this company a few months ago and about last week I was quite surprised when several media quoted the company press release that they are ready to offer services in Jakarta Bandung and that they are in the last stage of the preparation of Java-wide fiber optic infrastructure. Well, Read more:Telecom
PGASKOM (PGAS Telekomunikasi Nusantara) 2008-08-22 20:56:03 It is not easy to find information for PGASKOM's backbone. PGASKOM is subsidiary of PGN (Perusahaan Gas Negara) which provides connection services using its fiber optic infrastructure currently installed along its gas pipes spanning from SG/Batam to Southern Sumatera (in the near future to Cilegon Banten and maybe to Jakarta). In an indirect press release several times ago as recorded by local
Unity Cable System 2008-08-22 18:52:53 Unity is a new multi-terabit transpacific cable system with Google's taste :-D As you can see at this post, I've misunderstood that EAC Pacific would completely be a new transpac cable. It shall actually be a part of the Unity cable. To my knowledge, there are currently three competing parties offering new Asia-US connections:
Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) : Verizon's Taste :-)Asia America Gateway Read more:Cable
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Mobile Network Coverage : Telkomsel 2008-08-22 16:50:10 As of Q2 2008 PT. Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel/TSEL) operates 23,056 BTSs (including 3G) and serves 52.44 mn subscribers (4% postpaid, 96% prepaid). 4.55 mn of those are new customers this year. As of Q2 2008 TSEL customers spent totally 32.1 bn MoU (Minutes of Use), which is equivalent to 178+ mn MoU each day. It is claimed that the current TSEL network can handle up to 54.8 mn subscribers. Read more:Coverage
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Bandwidth Price (1) 2008-09-23 17:46:34 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 "bandwi Read more:Bandwidth
Telkom's Batam Singapore Cable (BSCS?) 2008-09-19 20:23:49 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 2008CAPEX: USD 13.1 mn
Inofficial, according to pak Meneer, Telkom
will use this cable to connect to the new AAG Read more:Batam
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BRCS (2) 2008-09-19 18:25:59 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.
SJC Plan 2008-09-14 17:26:27 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 ThailandContractors/
Highlight Three HCPT (Hutchison) 2008-09-13 21:53:42 PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications Indonesia (HCPT) delivers its services under the brand "Three
". It is the same brand as marketed in other countries by Hutchison group.
HCPT has started its operation by March 2007. As of August 2008, they claimed that they build approx. 6,000 BTS till Q4/2008 and currently serve 3.2 mn subscribers in Java, Bali and Sumatera (20% of the total customers Read more:Highlight
PPC-1 (Pipe Pacific Cable-1) 2008-09-12 17:47:28 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.
Contractors: Tyco (contract on January 2008)Landing Read more:Cable
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Telkom's Backbone 2008-09-12 15:38:31 Several times ago, I mentioned Telkom
's national backbone in this post. According to records published by KOMINFO, as of Q4/2005 Telkom owns 10,816 km fiber optic cable. The backbone network is distributed as follows:
Surabaya-Banjarmasin-Makassar : 2,088 km (constructed in 2000)Trans-Java : 2,605 km (2000)Jakarta-Medan-Batam: 2,990 km (2004)Batam-Singapore-Bangkok: 1,043 km (2004)Dumai-Melaka:
Palapa Ring (6) 2008-09-12 02:01:02 Below are some updates for the Palapa Ring project as of September 2008. It seems that there are some route adjustments; and that now the project schedule is more realistic, taking into account current market situations. 2 FP for repeatered system12 FP for inland and repeaterless systemConstruction begin on April 2009;
RFS final (all segments) on September 2011Section 1 Mataram - Parigi
Section 2
i2i (Cable Network) 2008-10-13 17:31:25 i2i stands for India to International. It is the first private cable to directly link India and Singapore. i2i was planned as a cable network spanning 10,800 km which would approximately be cost USD 650 mn. Phase 1 of i2i cable development covered a linear link between Chennai - Tuas and a terrestrial link between Chennai and Mumbai. What about Phase 2 or beyond ? This should include a submarine Read more:Cable
Tata Indicom Cable (TIC) 2008-10-10 19:48:53 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 GbpsFeature : HW and wavelength protection on wet segment; leading SLAs; linked directly to Tata's redundant network in
Bandwidth Prices 2008-10-10 17:32:21 Posts related to "bandwidth price" issues:
Bandwidth
Price (3)Bandwidth Price (2)
Bandwidth Price (1)
Jakarta (IP) Bandwidth PriceBroadband: Penetration and PricingDomestic Bandwidth Price Read more:Prices
Googles 2008-10-10 17:29:36 Posts related to projects initiated/involving Google :
SCJ Plan
Unity Cable System Read more:Googles
GEANT2 2008-10-08 21:20:16 What is GEANT2?
7th generation of pan-European research network infrastructure – continuation of a success storyProject partners include 30 of Europe’s national research and education networks (NRENs), DANTE (coordinator) and TERENAConnects 34 European countries and serves over 3500 research and education establishments across Europe Over 30 million usersProvides extensive international
Asian Bandwidth Growth : Demands, Supplies & Facts 2008-10-08 19:08:38 This will highlight and shall actually be a summary of the talk given by Bill Barney / Pacnet several times ago.
Several facts happened in Asia:
41% of the world’s fixed line usersMore than 40% of the world’s mobile users : Number of subscribers in Asia has grown from 280m to more than 950m between 2003-2007 (GSMA, ITU, Frost & Sullivan); More than 210 million users have signed up for 3G Read more:Asian
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Bandwidth Price (3) 2008-10-08 15:38:53 Recently, Primetrica published new data for their IP transit pricing service and stated that "prices for wholesale Internet access (IP transit) are falling rapidly, but continue to vary dramatically around the world". How much should IP transit cost ?? Currently, according to Primetrica :
Median monthly IP transit prices for 1,000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) ports in major U.S. and Euro Read more:Bandwidth
Bandwidth Price (2) 2008-10-07 21:06:10 Early this year (2008), as quoted by some local newspapers, both APJII and Kominfo gave the following bandwidth price range
before 2008: USD 2,200 - 2,500 / Mbps
since Q1/2008: USD 1,300 - 1,800 / Mbps
One day in late 2007, Divakar Goswami (formerly Lirneasia, currently Deloitte ??) mentioned some numbers as given in the pictures below.
According to Divakar:
Jakarta-Singapore connection costs Read more:Bandwidth
Trans-Pacific Express (2) 2008-10-07 17:34:53 The first phase of TPE (Trans PacificExpress
) cable is just ready for service!
Some updates (see the other older post) :
"Originally announced as a 5.12 terabit system in December 2006, the cable system has increased in capacity, and when fully deployed when phase two is completed, TPE will be a 6 terabit submarine cable system" (Submarine Cable News); 6.4 Tbps I guessSuppliers: Tyco (
India : The Bandwidth Hotspot 2008-10-06 19:07:01 Since a long time India
historically has an important position in the world (of everything). This continues for our current information age, where India surely plays a major and growing role. I would say, India is a kingdom, specifically a "bandwidth" kingdom :-)
According to Telegeography, as of end 2007, India has 36 Gbps Internet bandwidth, serving traditional telecom/data users as w Read more:Bandwidth
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Tata's Cables 2008-10-06 02:02:27 Let's begin with a Wiki quotation :-)
Tata Communications, formerly known Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited or VSNL, is India's largest telecommunication company in international long distance, enterprise data and internet services. Part of the Tata Group, Tata Communications is based in Mumbai and has operations in over 80 cities spread across 40 countries. Tata Teleservices, one of India's largest
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