Huawei Marine, a joint venture company established by Chinese telco giant Huawei and Global Marine Systems, has been contracted to help build a national broadband transmission network to provide telecommunications services to major coastal centres and islands in Papua New Guinea.
Huawei Marine will partner with PNG DataCo, a telecommunications carrier established by the PNG Government, to construct the 5,457km submarine cable network to provide domestic connectivity across 14 main cities and largest population centres, as well international connectivity via a link to Jayapura in Indonesia.
The design capacity of the system is 8 Terabits per second (Tbps), which will cater for increased bandwidth demand over the next 10-15 years and, when completed, the network will cover 55% of the population and provide more than 70% of Papua New Guinea’s domestic bandwidth requirements.
Mike Constable, Chief Executive, Huawei Marine says for island nations, submarine cable systems are key components required for the development of an “affordable and effective ICT infrastructure”.
{loadposition peter}“We are proud to be partnering with DataCo to improve and expand telecommunication access in support of Papua New Guinea’s social and economic development.”
Paul Komboi, managing director of DataCo says the new system is very important to Papua New Guinea as it not only includes a new submarine cable network but also provides internet gateways and data centres.
“This will improve the whole ICT infrastructure in the country and greatly increase network coverage, capacity and the availability of Internet and broadband services to end users. DataCo is proud to contribute to the national broadband plan in the country. Our selection of the experienced team at Huawei Marine, following a tender process, will ensure a successful implementation and delivery of this system.”