Asia Global Crossing will provide Cable & Wireless with capacity on the segment of East Asia Crossing that connects Japan and Hong Kong, the first independent subsea system activated between these two important, fast-growing markets.
Cable & Wireless Customer Director, Global Carriers & Infrastructure Mr. Gordon Hennessy said, "The Asia Pacific region is the fastest growing market for telecommunications services in the world today. We see huge IP and data opportunities arising in the Asian market which complements our strategy of focusing on IP and data to business customers. We are confident that the global solutions provided by Asia Global Crossing will reinforce our IP infrastructure and our strengths in the region, as well as facilitate our strategy of delivering leading-edge IP and data services to business customers."
"Asia Global Crossing is committed to becoming the leading service provider for global carrier and multinational customers. Not only will we offer the most advanced, secure, and cost-effective telecommunications services, with the Hong Kong landing of our East Asia Crossing, we will be able to provide our customers, including Cable & Wireless, seamless global connectivity between Hong Kong and more than 200 major business centers in 27 countries via the Global Crossing Network," said Mr. John Legere, president and chief executive officer of Asia Global Crossing.
East Asia Crossing, upon its completion, will connect the fast-growing telecommunications markets of Asia -- Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and, when regulations permit, China. Upgradeable to 2.56 terabits, East Asia Crossing will not only become the region's first truly pan-Asia network, it will also be the fastest system deployed in the region.
East Asia Crossing seamlessly connects with Pacific Crossing-1 in Japan, which in turn seamlessly connects with the rest of the worldwide Global Crossing Network. East Asia Crossing uses bi-directional transport capacity shared over four fiber pairs and forms a self-healing ring, providing internal restoration capability in the event of a link outage. Hong Kong, one of the largest telecommunications markets in Asia and the Asia Pacific headquarters of Asia Global Crossing, will be the hub of the pan-Asian network.