CONVERGE ICT Solutions, Inc. said it increased its international network capacity by 1.3 terabits per second (Tbps) through its C2C (city-to-city) cable system, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
The cable system connects the Philippines to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, and China. Converge said it is part of the EAC-C2C (East Asia Crossing-city-to-city) network, which spans 17,000 kilometers.
“It is our vision to make the Philippines a digital hub in Asia and securing much-needed international bandwidth is key to realizing this vision,” said Dennis Anthony H. Uy, founder and chief executive officer of Converge.
“We’re strengthening our international capacity portfolio in anticipation of tremendous demand in data in the coming years within and outside of Asia,” he added.
One Tbps is equivalent to 1,000 gigabits (Gb) of data that passes through the network with each second. Out of the 1.3 Tbps, 700 Gb per second is already active.
The additional 1.3 Tbps capacity going to Converge’s points of presents ensures that its connection is “fully redundant.” Converge said network connectivity will be maintained even if there would be a submarine cable outage.
“This additional capacity ensures sufficient and cost-effective connectivity for the fast-growing customer base of Converge, both residential and business,” Converge Chief Operations Officer Jesus C. Romero said.
On Wednesday, Converge shares at the stock exchange closed unchanged at P32.10 each. — Keren Concepcion G. Valmonte
