By Evertiq
Fujitsu Limited and NEC Corporation announces that they have completed construction of all initially planned segments of the Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) system. The Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) system, is a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that extends across approximately 7,800 km to link Japan with the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. NTT Communications, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, and StarHub Limited placed an order for the new system in January 2011.