By Charles Rollet, The Phnom Penh Post
Internet provider Ezecom said it would help build the Kingdom’s first undersea communications cable, a long-delayed project that was originally announced in 2013 and slated for completion at the end of last year.
The construction of the Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand cable will “bring faster, more affordable broadband to the people of Cambodia and connect the country to the rest of the world like never before”, a company statement released yesterday reads.
The contract is to be signed through Ezecom-owned group Telcotech with Telkom Malaysia and Thailand’s Symphony Communication on Monday.
Ezecom CEO Paul Blanche-Horgan said that the delay in constructing the cable was due to negotiations with other companies, along with obtaining permission to build landing stations to accommodate the cable.
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The planned 1,425-kilometre line will connect Cambodia to Malaysia, passing through Thailand on the way. Once in Malaysia, it will hook up to the Asia-American Gateway (AAG), a 20,000-kilometre cable connecting Southeast Asia to the United States.
