PLDT starts work on submarine cable project

Friday, 18 November 2011 13:53

By: Paolo G. Montecillo, Philippine Daily Inquirer

 Dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Co. has started construction on its part of the multinational Asia Sub-Marine Cable Express (ASE)—a new undersea fiber optic system that will improve Internet connection speeds in the Asia-Pacific region.

In a statement on Wednesday, PLDT said marine construction work had started on the $300-million ASE, which when completed in the third quarter of 2012 will more than double PLDT’s existing international bandwidth capacity.

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