Asia Pacific Gateway Explained

Cable Name:	Asia Pacific Gateway
Design Capacity:	54Tbps
Length:	10,400 km

Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) is a submarine communications cable system that connects Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.^{[1] [2]} It will be about long.^[1] The capacity will be 54.8 terabits per second.^[3] The APG cable consortium includes Facebook,^[4] CAT Telecom, China Telecom, China Mobile International, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, KT Corporation, LG Uplus, NTT Communications, StarHub, Global Transit, Viettel and VNPT. The APG cable system was scheduled to be ready for service in 2016.^[5]

Cable landing stations

It will have cable landing points at:^[1]

• Mainland China (at Chongming and Nanhui)
• Hong Kong (at Tseung Kwan O)
• Japan (at Shima and Shin Maruyama)
• South Korea (at Busan)
• Malaysia (at Kuantan)
• Taiwan (at Toucheng)
• Thailand (at Songkhla)
• Vietnam (at Da Nang)
• Singapore (at East Coast)

Notes and References

1. Web site: NEC wins Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) Submarine Cable System. NEC. 20 December 2011. 7 July 2012.
2. Web site: TIME dotCom inks construction and maintenance deal for Asia Pacific Gateway cable. Telegeography. 7 July 2012.
3. Web site: Global Transit Replaces TM to Land APG Cable in Malaysia. Submarine Cable Networks. 5 July 2012. 7 July 2012.
4. Web site: Facebook Invests in APG Cable . Submarine Cable Networks. 7 July 2012.
5. Web site: Some bad days ahead as Vietnam’s Internet cable will undergo maintenance . Thanhnien News . 1 March 2016.