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disaster-prone Luzon Strait region. The fiber link will be connected to Telstra’s submarine cables in that area. “This new dual-fiber network is enabled as part of Telstra’s optical transport network,” saidDarrinWebb,Telstra’sexecutivedirector of international operations and services. “It will introduce the shortest and fastest route available in the market between Taipei, Kaoshiung and Hong Kong, with lower risk of disruption than services passing through the Luzon Strait.” Telstra will also build out a new fiber ring to connect its current points of presence in South Korea, providing eight 100Gbps interconnection routes in and out of the country.

Telstra has announced four new projects for improving its subsea cable system in Asia: a fiber overland route between Taiwan and Hong Kong; a fiber ring network in South Korea; a submarine cable connecting its networks in Asia to India and the Middle East; and a new cable system connecting Asia with the US. The measures were announced as part of Telstra’s ongoing investment in the36,000km cable network system connecting China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines, which the company acquired as part of purchasing Pacnet in 2014. Unlike existing cables between Taipei and Hong Kong, Telstra’s new overland fiber network in Taiwan circumvents the natural

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