Globe Telecom has successfully landed the Southeast Asia-United States (SEA-US) submarine cable system that hopes to provide richer and enhanced international connectivity to businesses in Davao and the rest of the country—a first in Mindanao.
The SEA-US cable connected to the Globe cable station landed in Barangay Barangay Talomo by ship where the Power Feed Equipment necessary to run the system is also located. The first cable to land in Mindanao is expected to ease the country’s dependence on international cable systems routed only through Luzon area.
“The cable is physically connected to the shore and the building and then connected to the transmission equipment whereby all data signals will be transmitted from US to Mindanao, directly,” explained Arlene Jallorina, Vice President for International Facilities Investments of Globe Telecom on Friday, March 24.
The SEA-US cable system consortium will link five areas and territories that include Manado (Indonesia), Davao (Philippines, Piti (Guam), Oahu (Hawaii, US) and Los Angeles (California, United States).
“Mindanao is definitely in the international cable system map with its state of the art 100G technology,” added Jallorina. Undeniably faster than International cable systems landed in Luzon that only had 10G technology.
Costing around USD $250 million, the 14,000-kilometer cable system will consist of two fiber pairs with an initial design capacity of 20 terabits per second and will use the latest submarine fiber-optic technology with 100 gigabits per second transmission equipment per pair.
The project, once completed, will address ICT requirements of major trade and industry centers in Mindanao region.
“Nowadays, the primary source of information is the internet. The City Government of Davao is happy with this development. This will benefit Davao city and the whole country,” said Councilor Bernard Al-ag, representing the city council.
The project has been going on for two (2) years and is expected to take full blown implementation by the end of the second quarter this year.
