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Source: NEC Corporation
SEA-ME-WE 5 cable system lands in Malaysia

TOKYO, Jan 7, 2016 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that Telekom Malaysia Berhad and NEC successfully completed the landing of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system at Melaka, Malaysia.

SEA-ME-WE 5 Cable System Lands in Malaysia

Upon completion in 2016, the 20,000 km cable system will provide 24 Terabits per second (Tbit/s) of capacity utilizing the latest 100Gbit/s coherent transmission technology via a fiber optic path between South East Asia, the Middle East and Europe, with connections to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Republic of Turkey, Italy and France.

NEC is in charge of deploying the segment spanning from Singapore to Sri Lanka, including the Malaysia branch, where the shore end cable successfully landed in Melaka on October 30, 2015.

"The telecommunications landscape and needs in Malaysia are fast evolving and we are delighted to be able to support this development together with SEA-ME-WE 5 consortium members," said Rozaimy Rahman, Executive Vice President, Global & Wholesale, TM. "The installation of this new cable system presents greater opportunities to empower the Malaysian people through an enhanced connectivity with South East Asia, the Middle East and Europe."

"We are pleased with the successful landing of the SEA-ME-WE 5 Cable System at Melaka, achieving yet another important milestone towards completing the construction of this significant project," said Mr. Katsuji Yamaguchi, SEA-ME-WE 5 Project Manager at NEC Corporation. "I truly believe this new cable will make valuable contributions to Malaysia and the surrounding economies."


Contact:
Seiichiro Toda         
s-toda@cj.jp.nec.com 
+81-3-3798-6511



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Source: NEC Corporation

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