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Tuesday May 26, 2009

TM joins consortium for undersea cable


KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has joined a consortium to plan and develop a proposal to build an international undersea cable system, Asia Pacific Gateway (APG).

The undersea cable links Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Japan and South Korea.

The APG consortium, which consists of eight major regional telecommunications companies, was formalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, TM said in a statement yesterday.

The telecommunication companies are China Telecom and China Unicom (China), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), KT Corp (South Korea), NTT Communications (Japan), PLDT (Philippines), VNPT (Vietnam) and TM.

 
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