Engineering:SJC (cable system)

South-East Asia Japan Cable System (SJC) is a pan-Asia submarine communications cable system connecting Japan , China , Hong Kong, the Philippines , Brunei, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia in Asia. The SJC cable consists of 6 fiber pairs, with an initial design capacity of over 15 Tbit/s which can be upgraded to 23 Tbit/s. The SJC cable system utilizes the state-of-the-art advanced 40G SLTE and OADM Branching technologies. The SJC is operational on June 27, 2013.

Cable landing stations

It will have cable landing points at:

• Mainland China (at Shantou)
• Hong Kong (at Chung Hom Kok)
• Viet Nam
• Japan (at Chikura)
• Philippines (at Nasugbu, Batangas)
• Brunei (at Telisai)
• Thailand (at Songkhla)
• Singapore (at Tuas)