PLDT starts cable landing station
PLDT Inc. said on Tuesday it has officially inaugurated the cable landing station of the Jupiter Cable System in Daet, Camarines Norte.
“This new cable system significantly advances not just PLDT’S digital infrastructure, but more importantly, the overall digital readiness of the country as well,” PLDT FVP and Head of Enterprise Business Group Jojo G. Gendrano said.
Expected to boost PLDT’S capacity by five times, Jupiter traverses the Pacific Ocean from North America connecting directly to Maruyama and Shima in Japan and to Daet, Camarines Norte in the Philippines.
“The Jupiter Cable System serves as an international highway for global data traffic to reach the Philippines. It is expected to exponentially boost the country’s international capacity to the USA and Japan, further encourage the global trade of digital services, and as a result propel the country’s digital economy,” Gendrano said.
He added that it is now fastest cable system between the Philippines and the United States. Jupiter is the first international submarine cable system in the Philippines to use an Open Cable Model, which allows PLDT to power up and deliver hyperscale bandwidth more quickly to enterprises across the world.
“The PLDT Group has robust domestic and international cable systems with an unrivaled capacity among local providers. Our expansive participation in international submarine cable systems, especially now with Jupiter, enables our initiatives to support hyperscalers – the next growth engine of the country’s digital economy,” said Gene C. Sanchez, PLDT Enterprise VP & Head of Global Capacity Strategy.
Aside from Jupiter, PLDT has 16 international cable systems under its belt.
“This milestone immensely strengthens our strategy in helping us position the Philippines as the next hyperscaler hub of Asia-pacific and enriching the country’s Hyperscale Ecosystem that is comprised of connected digital infrastructures such as data centers, subsea cables, domestic fiber network, 5G, cloud, and IOT,” Sanchez said.