In March 2008, Vietnam will have cables directly connected to the US

The new cable is expected to have a total bandwidth of 1.28 Tb / sec (1 Tb is equivalent to 1,000 Gb) thanks to the application of the most advanced optical transmission technology with the most modern wavelength division (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing - DWDM). now on.

Asia American Gateway (AAG) fiber optic cable line is provided by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and 6 foreign partners: AiTi (Brunei), CAT Telecom (Thailand), PLDT (Philippines), REACH (Hong Kong), StarHub (Singapore), Telecom Malaysia (Malaysia) signed a cooperation agreement to be implemented in June 2006, with a total investment of up to 780 million USD. Viettel representative said that this company also became the 8th member of AAG with the initial capital participation of 20 million USD.

The length of the main cable line reaches 20,000 km, connecting Malaysia to the US via Hong Kong, Philippines, Guam and Hawaii stations. Four sub-branches connect with Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Vietnam.

Diagram of AAG fiber optic cable. Photo: AAG Consorrtium .

According to VNNIC Internet Center statistics, Vietnam currently has 6 Internet connection service providers (IXP) and more than 10 Internet service providers (ISPs) operating, creating quite good infrastructure. strong with nearly 7 Gb / sec international connection (shared for both telecommunications). In particular, VNPT is leading with 8 international connections throughput from 155 to 620 Mb / s (total bandwidth of 3,565 Mbps). Next is FPT with 6 connections 155-465 Mb / s (total bandwidth of 1,395 Mb / s) and Viettel has 5 lines 45-155 Mb / s (total 710 Mb / sec bandwidth). Other suppliers such as EVN,

The domestic network connection system for the Internet reaches about 12 Gb / s, of which more than 10 Gb / s connect via the VNIX domestic Internet feeder system between IXPs.

According to Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy General Director of Viettel, with the utilization of AAG fiber optic cable, Vietnam can become a regional center for bandwidth transfer and benefit from the purchase and sale of bandwidth. . Mr. Hung said, many businesses have started promoting cables from Vietnam to Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh .

Currently, communications in Asia have almost completely returned to the status quo before December 26, ending the worst telecommunications crisis in the past decade. According to reports from repair ships, the signal of the SMW3 cable returned to normal on the 1st of February, the FNAL line also works normally from February 4. The main EAC link connecting Singapore - Hong Kong is expected to resume operations on February 13. The remaining cable lines will be repaired in the next 2 weeks. The operation of the specialized fleet in the sea took place as planned, except for a minor problem that caused the LodBrog ship of Acatel to delay the repair of NACS cable by 1 day later than planned.

Hung Hai