Globe, a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, participates in the new Southeast Asia Japan Cable (SJC) System, the highest capacity system in the world. The SJC will further increase the capacity and boost the resiliency of the Globe network.

The SJC system will initially link Singapore, Hongkong, Indonesia, Philippines and Japan. It uses wavelength transmission technology with design capacity of 17 Terabits per second (Tbps) that could be upgraded to 23 Tbps, the highest in the world. About 1.2 Tbps to 2 Tbps will be going through the Philippine branch.

Globe is the exclusive SJC landing party in the Philippines.

This is the fifth major investment of Globe in submarine cable systems, spread across the Trans-Asian region and connected to diverse Trans-Pacific cable systems that bring traffic from the Philippines to international destinations.

The innovative design of the SJC allows for lowest latency paths out of Philippines to Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, with onward connectivity to the US, providing customers faster and better internet experience.

“It has always been Globe’s thrust to provide its customers with superior experience by delivering pioneering innovations to the Philippines. The investment of Globe in the SJC project is a testament of our commitment to provide our customers with the best connected network so they get uninterrupted and quality service,” said Ernest L. Cu, President and CEO of Globe.

“Globe’s participation in the SJC project supports the continued growth of our broadband services, and further enhances our capabilities in supporting the offshoring and outsourcing industry in the Philippines,” said Gil Genio, Carrier Services Head of Globe.

“Significantly upgraded bandwidth, coupled with dramatically lower unit costs, provide fuel for more internet services, and provides even more choices for business customers who need to connect internationally. “

The investment of Globe in SJC will connect the Philippines to the main SJC system and enable cost-effective and resilient connectivity to other countries and other submarine cable systems.

The SJC is a 6-fiber high capacity submarine cable system that will allow open access and flexible capacity on usage. It also has flexibility to terminate individual traffic at identified Points of Presence (PoP) in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

Initiating parties to this breakthrough project include Globe Telecom (Philippines), Google (USA), KDDI (Japan), Network i2i (a 100% subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, India), Reliance Globalcom (through FLAG Pacific Limited, Bermuda), and Telemedia Pacific Inc., Ltd. (Hong Kong/Indonesia).