TE SubCom to Perform Third Network Upgrade to South-East Asia Japan Cable System

Upgrade to Deliver Capacity Increase Utilizing TE SubCom’s C100U+ Technology

Eatontown, N.J., USA – March 30, 2016 – TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced today that it has signed a contract to perform its third network upgrade to the South-East Asia Japan Cable (SJC) System. Utilizing TE SubCom’s latest 100 Gb/s coherent transmission technology (C100U+), this third upgrade increases the capacity by 6.3 Tb/s.

The SJC System links Brunei, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines. The upgrade of the 8,986 km system increases capacity to meet the continued rising demand for businesses and communications in the Asia-Pacific region and will be completed by the end of June 2016.

“We are pleased to bring value to the SJC members by delivering state of the art technology, at competitive pricing with 100 percent on-time delivery,” said Aaron Stucki, president, TE SubCom.

The SJC consortium is composed of Brunei International Gateway Sendirian Berhad (BIG), China Mobile International Ltd. (CMI), China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telecom), China Telecom Global Limited (CTG), Donghwa Telecom Co. Ltd (DHT) (a subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom, Co., Ltd.), Globe Telecom, Inc., Google, KDDI Corporation, Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel), PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin a subsidiary of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk), and TOT Public Co., Ltd. (TOT).