HANOI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Vietnamese military-run telecom company Viettel on Thursday said the Asia Direct Cable $(ADC)$, a new submarine cable, was ready to operate commercially.
Investors in the project, which spans 10,000 km (6,210 miles) with an initial capacity of over 160 Tbps, include Viettel, Softbank, China Telecom Global, China Telecom Corporation, China Unicom, Singtel, TATA Communications, National Telecom and PLDT, Viettel Solutions, a unit of Viettel, said in a statement Japan's NEC is the contractor of the project, it said.
(Reporting by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by John Mair)
((Phuong.Nguyen@thomsonreuters.com; +84-24-3852-9623;))
Comments