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SINGAPORE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - SingTel and five other regional telecommunications carriers have built the first overland cable linking China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
The China-Southeast Asia Cable spanning 7,000 km across the six countries will carry commercial traffic from 1 February 2001, Singtel said in a statement..
It said the cable will be used as diversity for international leased circuit, Internet and voice services that are carried on existing submarine cables such as APCN and SEA-ME-WE 3.
The China-Southeast Asia Cable will also provide connectivity to other major cable systems such as the China-US cable network via some of its strategic landing points.
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Source: HighBeam Research, CHINA-SOUTHEAST ASIA CABLE TO CARRY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FEB 1, 2001.