South-East Asia Japan Cable (SJC) System Overview

The South-East Asia Japan Cable System (SJC) is a consortium Intra-Asia submarine cable system linking up to 7 countries / territories in Asia. The SJC cable consists of 6 fiber pairs, with an initial design capacity of 28 Tbps. The SJC cable system utilizes the state-of-the-art advanced 40G SLTE and OADM Branching technologies.  The SJC is operational on June 27,2013.

Cable System:

• South-East Asia Japan Cable System, or SJC

Cable Length:

• 8,900 Km for initial 6  countries / territorie configuration
• 9700 km including Thailand spur

Design Capacity:

• 28 Tbps
• 6 fiber pairs

Lit Capacity:

Ready for Service Date:

• June 27, 2013

Investment Type:

• Consortium

Owner(s):

• Brunei International Gateway Sendirian Berhad (BIG)
• China Mobile
• China Telecom
• China Telecom Global Limited
• Donghwa Telecom (wholly-own Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom)
• Globe Telecom
• KDDI Corporation
• Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel)
• PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin)
• Google
• TOT Public Co., Ltd. (TOT)

Initial Investment:

• US$ 400 million

Landing Stations:

• Chikura, Japan, KDDI
• Shantou, China, China Telecom
• Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong, China Telecom Global
• Nasugbu, the Philippines, Globe Telecom
• Telisai, Brunei, BIG
• Songkhla, Thailand, TOT
• Tuas, Singapore, SingTel

Vendor:

• TE SubCom
• NEC

SJC Cable Map: