Huawei Marine Networks Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies today announced bagging a new contract from Indonesia’s PT Telekomunikasi towards building a new submarine cable system.

The project will help in connecting five islands in eastern Indonesia spanning 1,200 km with an initial capacity of 4 x 10 GB/s. It is scheduled for completion by end of 2010.

“Through its cutting edge technology and huge capacity unrepeatered solutions, Huawei Marine has significantly reduced the cost per bit of the system,” said Ermady Dahlan, CTO, PT Telkom. “This is largely why we selected Huawei Marine for the project. We’re also deeply impressed by Huawei Marine’s rapid response and professional delivery capabilities. We believe that the cooperation with Huawei Marine will help us provide customers with better communications services and experiences.”

“As one of the world’s fastest-growing regions, in terms of communications demand, we’re proud to join Indonesia''s key national submarine cable project,” said Nigel Bayliff, CEO of Huawei Marine. “The selection of Huawei for this project reflects the PT Telkom’s recognition of our solid technologies and experience, and our long-term commitment to the Indonesian market. Combined with the industry-leading Remote Optical Pump Amplifier and multi-order Raman Amplifier technologies, our unrepeatered solution considerably extends the transmission distance and increases the transmission capacity of submarine systems. Our solution is ideal for a nation comprised of many islands, such as Indonesia and we are confident that we will deliver a superior system that maximizes value for our customer.”

PT Telkom is an integrated service provider offering services such as fixed wireline, fixed wireless, cellular as well as data & Internet and network interconnection services.

Huawei Marine is a joint venture of Huawei and Global Marine Systems Limited established in 2008.