Facebook and Google to lay two new undersea internet cables, which will connect South East Asia to North America. The aim of the project is to supply faster internet to Singapore and Indonesia.This comes after Facebook withdrew three projects to connect the US to Hong Kong with similar cables, following government arguments which concern over spying.
The cables require regulatory approval from the national governments involved.“According to Echo and Bifrost, the new two cables will go through a new diverse route crossing the Java Sea, and it will increase overall subsea capacity in the trans-Pacific by about 70%,”Facebook vice president of network investments, Kevin Salvadori, told Techtalkarena.com
The cables will be the first to connect directly to North America and the main parts of Indonesia, Facebook added.The project is due to be completed by 2023, in partnership with Google and telecommunication companies in Indonesia XL Axiata.
