Singapore: Connectivity www.viewqwest.com/business to the world Tan Shao Yi Singapore and submarine cable systems Private Leased Circuits 1 Singapore and submarine cable systems • Blessed by geography • No natural disasters • Telecoms hub with many submarine cables terminated • Connectivity options—price, latency, various attributes… Private Leased Circuits 2 Many SE Asian countries purchase capacity in SG • More bandwidth, lower costs (in some cases) and latency guarantees • Terrestrial (via Peninsular Malaysia) and submarine cable routes into Singapore • A lot of IP peering happens in Singapore • Equinix (SG1, SG3, SG2) • SGIX (Global Switch and 1-Net East) • SOX (Global Switch and NUS) • BBIX (Equinix SG1) Private Leased Circuits 3 IMDA’s [submarine] cable landing sites Tuas Causeway Changi North APG AAE1 AAG i2i BBG APG (INDIGO) BSCS SJC C2C SMW3 Jakabare SMW4 MIC1 SMW5 (SeaX-1) Second Link Tanah Merah Jurong Island AIS Matrix PGASCOM (ASC) MIC2/B3JS/BSCS2/NG C2C TIS APCN2 EAC2 IA ASE/Cahaya Private Leased Circuits 4 Submarine cable corridors Private Leased Circuits 5 Application and approvals etc 1. IMDA + 16 agencies • Approvals may take a year or more! 2. Proposed BMH and cable route: • Terrestrial: IMDA, URA, SLA (+ other agencies) • Wet/Submarine: IMDA, MPA 3. Be a good neighbour! APCN2 • Manhole(s), HDD TIS ASC • Cable-crossing(s) Private Leased Circuits 6 Additional considerations when purchasing capacity 1. Limited landing sites • 2/3 of submarine cables traverse through a particularly scenic Park Connector 2. Limited cable corridors • Some submarine cable systems share the same corridors • Some submarine cables laid together for economies of scale (but not necessarily good for redundancy) • Same submarine cable with different cable system names/part of a longer submarine cable system 3. Somewhat limited backhaul routes • Cannot lay cables along expressways • Lots of development (airport, MRT, tunnels, utilities, etc). Private Leased Circuits 7 References Telegeography (2016). Submarine Cable Map 2016. Available: https://www.telegeography.com/telecom-resources/map-gallery/submarine-cable- map-2016/index.html Private Leased Circuits 8 Thank You Singapore 200 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229862 (+65) 6723 8100 [email protected].