Asian cable accord sought<\/p>\n
TOKYO (Kyodo): KDD has filed for permission to join with
\ntelecommunications firms in 27 other countries to build an
\nunderwater fiber-optics communication cable system, stretching
\nsome 12,000 kilometers in the Asia-Pacific region, the Japanese
\ninternational telecommunications giant said.<\/p>\n
After getting a permit from Posts and Telecommunications
\nMinister Katsuyuki Hikasa, KDD and 47 other companies will sign
\nthe agreement in a ceremony on June 30 in Yokohama.<\/p>\n
The planned cable, named Asia Pacific Cable Network (APCN),
\nwill serve as part of an international information highway in the
\nupcoming multimedia era, KDD officials said.<\/p>\n
The cable will connect 10 nations and territories in the Asia-
\nwestern Pacific region -- Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
\nthe Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and
\nAustralia.<\/p>\n
APCN will have a total capacity of five gigabits per second,
\nequivalent to 60,480 circuits, in 64 kilobit per second terms.
\nThe project is estimated to cost US$560 million, of which about
\n10 percent will be provided by KDD to acquire 7,890 circuits, KDD
\nsaid.<\/p>",
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