Singapore Telecommunications has reportedly joined a consortium of telecom operators that is planning to build and operate the new SJC system.

Singapore Telecommunications has reportedly joined a consortium of telecom operators that is planning to build and operate the new SJC system. The new international submarine cable system is expected to cost about $400 million and will span 8,300 km.

The network will offer a high capacity submarine cable system with a design capacity of 17 Tbps, which can be upgraded to 23 Tbps. The SJC cable is expected to be operational by September 2012 and will initially link Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan. The other consortium members include Globe Telecom, Google, KDDI Corporation, Network i2i, Reliance Globalcom, Telemedia Pacific and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International.