Global Cloud Xchange Announces Plan for
New Subsea Cable Between Mumbai and Singapore
Investment in
state-of-the-art India Cloud Xchange (ICX) cable to bridge important gap and
meet soaring bandwidth demands of new cloud based applications and services
MUMBAI / SINGAPORE, June 19,
2014: Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) today announced its latest investment
into the Asia Pacific region. The new ICX cable infrastructure is part of
the company’s strategy to provide a direct subsea route to bridge an important
gap in the emerging markets corridor, specifically delivering a direct
Mumbai-Singapore route to bypass current outage prone terrestrial routes
between Mumbai and Chennai.
“With Singapore as a regional hub
and gateway for multinational companies doing business across India and
emerging markets, the ICX cable will complement our GCX global network
infrastructure for direct connectivity to major business centers in Asia,
Middle East, North America and Europe,” said Bill Barney, Chief Executive
Officer, Global Cloud Xchange.
Based on state-of-the-art 100G
technology, the ICX cable will be a four fiber pair system with initial design
capacity per fiber pair at 80 x 100G using next generation Coherent Submarine
Fiber. This new segment will deliver termination into the Middle East,
Europe and to the US East Coast through interconnection with GCX’s Falcon, Hawk
and FA-1 systems.
“The new ICX fiber system, which
runs approximately 5,060 kilometers between Mumbai and Singapore, will also
have a branch landing in Trivandrum and/or Chennai. This will support
creation of a next generation IP and Cloud environment held together with a
single AS number and connecting into Tier III+ data center facilities on the
ground,” said Wilfred Kwan, Chief Operating Officer, Global Cloud
Xchange.
According to TeleGeography Research Director Alan
Mauldin, “TeleGeography forecasts India’s international bandwidth
demand requirements will increase over 10-fold between 2013 and 2020.”
The new ICX system will be ready for service in Q2 2016 to fill key gaps as
bandwidth requirements continue to increase.
Submarine cable vendors and
additional partners for the ICX subsea cable are being finalized. Global
Cloud Xchange will announce the awarding of the supply contract by the third quarter
of 2014.
About Global Cloud Xchange
Global
Cloud Xchange (GCX) offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions customized
for carriers, enterprises and new media companies. GCX owns the world’s largest
private undersea cable system spanning more than 67,000 route kms which,
seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications’ 200,000 route kms of
domestic optic fiber backbone, provides a robust Global Service Delivery
Platform. With connections to 40 key business markets worldwide spanning Asia,
North America, Europe and the Middle East, GCX delivers Managed Services to
more than 160 countries and offers extensive VPLS-enabled Ethernet network
capabilities globally. GCX is equipped to support businesses through the
deployment of next generation Enterprise solutions across its Cloud Delivery
Networks.
For More Information,
contact:
Lorain Wong
lwong@globalcloudxchange.com
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