Pacnet
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | Asia Pacific (2008) |
| Headquarters | Singapore, Hong Kong |
| Key people | William (Bill) Barney, CEO Brett Lay, CFO |
| Products | Broadband Internet, Fixed Network |
| Employees | >1,400 |
| Website | http://www.pacnet.com/ |
Pacnet is a global telecommunications service provider formed from the operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet on 8 January 2008 [1]. It is privately owned by Connect Holdings.
The company is headquartered in Singapore and Hong Kong, and has offices in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and United States.
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[edit] EAC-C2C
Pacnet’s pan-Asia EAC-C2C network was formed from the integration of the EAC (East Asia Crossing) and CSC systems in 2007[2]. The fiber optic subsea cable network spans 36,800 km between Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore and China. It has a design capacity of 17.92 Tbps to 30.72 Tbps to each of these landing countries. The EAC-C2C network lands at 18 cable landing stations across Asia[3].
[edit] EAC Pacific
EAC Pacific is part of the US$300 million Unity cable system that has been built with five other global companies including Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI Corporation and SingTel. Pacnet operates two of the five fiber pairs in the cable system independently.
The two fiber pairs, collectively known as EAC Pacific, provide up to 1.92 Tbps of capacity across the Pacific Ocean. At Chikura, EAC Pacific is connected to the EAC-C2C cable system.
The Unity cable system was built by NEC Corporation and Tyco Telecommunications. Construction began in February 2008, and the cable system has been ready for service since 1 April 2010.
[edit] Network Operations Center
Pacnet runs two NOCs, in Singapore and Sydney. Both NOCs run 24 x 7 operations and have the capabilities to operate as a backup NOC in the event that the systems in one NOC lose network visibility.
[edit] References
- ^ "Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet Launch Merger and Unveil New Corporate Identity" (press release). 8 January 2008. http://www.pacnet.com/inter/index.asp?pg=about-pacnet_newsroom&view=singlenews&page=25&year=2008.
- ^ "Asia Netcom, C2C become one". ZDNet Asia. September 13, 2007. http://www.zdnetasia.com/asia-netcom-c2c-become-one-62032188.htm. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Far EasTone boosts Pacnet's Taiwan network". CIO Asia. April 1, 2011. http://www.cio-asia.com/tech/networking/far-eastone-boosts-pacnets-taiwan-network/. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
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