How are APG and AAG cables different?

Why is the introduction of APG cable the good news for the network community in the whole region? And what is the difference between this AAG and APG cable?

AAG Cable (Asia-America Gateway)

This is a sea cable line playing a key role of Southeast Asia in general and Vietnam in particular.

AAG is a more than 20,000km transcontinental marine optical cable connecting Southeast Asia to the US mainland - exactly as it says in its full name.

This is a sea cable line that plays a major role of Southeast Asia in general and Vietnam in particular, because it is the only cable transmission line connecting directly from Vietnam and the countries to the US - where the server operates. of the most popular big services in the world such as Facebook, Google, Youtube . Currently, Vietnamese operators are exploiting and using this cable route such as FPT, Viettel, VNPT .

With a total investment of nearly USD 600 million, AAG was put into operation in November 2009, with a total capacity of up to 2Tb / s. The AAG service has core landings at Mersing (Malaysia), Changi (Singapore), Sri Racha (Thailand), Tungku (Bruney), Vung Tau (Vietnam), Currimao (Philippinnes), South Lantau (Hong Kong). , Guam (USA), Hawaii (USA) . AAG line in Vietnam located in Vung Tau, located in section S1 has a length of 314km.

APG cable (Asia-Pacific Gateway)

Recently, large telecom network enterprises across the country have jointly announced the introduction of APG marine optical cable. With the investment of leading internet service providers in Vietnam such as FPT, Viettel, VNPT and CMC, this is a completely new marine optical cable, promising the best performance and benefits for quality. Internet service comes to users.

APG expects to reach a maximum speed of 54 Tb / s of traffic recorded as the largest, operating in Asia.

The length of this cable line reaches 10,400km, connecting from Singapore and Malaysia via Da Nang (Vietnam) to Japan and South Korea. 4 years is a time consuming for the investment process, deployment and completion of this construction.

APG expects to reach a maximum bandwidth of 54 Tb / s (nearly 20 times higher than the AAG's 2.88 Tb / s) - the largest recorded volume is at the top in the region Asia. Once in operation, it is certain that APG will help ensure more favorable connectivity conditions to develop many better aspects of interference with the major economies in Asia such as China, Japan and Taiwan. , Hong Kong.

The current ability to replace contingency for existing international channels is also strengthened by the presence of APG, including the AAG submarine cable, which is frequently malfunctioned by a series of incidents as mentioned. . APG is expected to improve the more stable international usage, not stagnant.