First submarine cable launched btw Malaysia - Cambodia - Thailand

[geovalin]

Hor Kimsay

 

Telcotech, a subsidiary of local internet provider Ezecom, officially launched Cambodia’s first undersea fibre-optic communications cable yesterday after nearly two years of construction, promising faster, cheaper and more secure internet connectivity.

 

The 1,300-kilometre-long Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) cable connects the three countries to the existing Asia-America Gateway (AAG), a pan-Pacific submarine cable system that links Southeast Asia to the United States. The cable project was carried out with Telekom Malaysia and Symphony Communication of Thailand, and was built by Chinese submarine network provider Huawei Marine Networks.

 

Paul Blanche-Horgan, CEO of Ezecom, said during the launch ceremony that Cambodia has relied on terrestrial fibre connections through Thailand and Vietnam since the days of dial-up internet. He said the MCT cable will provide a solution for the growing connectivity needs of the Kingdom’s commercial sector, adding that service should begin in April.

 

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[whatawonderfulday]

That means that if required Thailand can be left out of the digital  loop entirely by the Cambodians.

[blueontour]

On 3/16/2017 at 8:42 AM, whatawonderfulday said:

That means that if required Thailand can be left out of the digital  loop entirely by the Cambodians.

No. It's controlled by Chinese company

[elgordo38]

On 3/16/2017 at 8:42 AM, whatawonderfulday said:

That means that if required Thailand can be left out of the digital  loop entirely by the Cambodians.

The real stumbling block is when it hits the junta's proposed gateway. 

[BernieOnTour]

On 3/16/2017 at 2:42 AM, whatawonderfulday said:

That means that if required Thailand can be left out of the digital  loop entirely by the Cambodians.

Actually, the AAG sea cable, to which this MCT is connected, has already a landing point in Sri Racha ... since years.

That MCT is more of a small soi to connect Cambodia to the highway, starting in Mersing (Malaysia) and splitting up into an additional soi leading to Rayong.

 

[whatawonderfulday]

1 minute ago, BernieOnTour said:

Actually, the AAG sea cable, to which this MCT is connected, has already a landing point in Sri Racha ... since years.

That MCT is more of a small soi to connect Cambodia to the highway, starting in Mersing (Malaysia) and splitting up into an additional soi leading to Rayong.

 

Very informative thanks.  So does this mean then that the Cambodia link is just a spur, and there is no way Cambodia can link to Malaysia other than using the Thai section ?  that's a little confusing because I thought there was a link out from Cambodia already without using Thailand according to this map

http://www.submarinecablemap.com/

 

[BuaBS]

On vrijdag 17 maart 2017 at 8:36 AM, blueontour said:

No. It's controlled by Chinese company

And already tapped by the NSA.