Southeast Asia-Japan (SJC) Cable System strengthens connectivity in 7 territories (NEC Corporation)

(Source: NEC Corporation) *** For immediate use June 27, 2013 Tokyo, 27 June, 2013 - The SJC Parties, today announced that the Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) system is now operational.  The system, supplied by TE SubCom and NEC Corporation provides connectivity to key destinations to meet the growing bandwidth requirement in the region and allow for cost effective and resilient connectivity to other submarine cable systems. Operated by a global consortium of telecommunications and technology companies, the SJC cable system links the seven countries or territories of Brunei, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines, including the option to link with Thailand. The...