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𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐇 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐄𝐀, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧

Converge ICT Solutions Inc. announced that the Philippine branch of the South-East Asia Hainan-Hong Kong Express Cable System (“SEA-H2X”) has officially made a landfall in Bauang, La Union, Philippines, and is envisioned to boost intra-Asia data capacity and connectivity.

“Building up the Converge international cabling capacity has always been a long-term investment and today, we see a major development on that front. As early as now, we’re preparing for the region’s capacity needs, as far ahead as 10-15 years down the road,” said Converge CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Anthony Uy.

_{𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑚, 𝐻𝑀𝑁 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝐸𝐴-𝐻2𝑋 𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑎𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑔, 𝐿𝑎 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛.}

Converge, along with the cable builder and contractor of the consortium, HMN Technologies, landed the cable of SEA-H2X ashore as the cable ship arrived in Bauang, La Union.
At the outset, the SEA H2X is intended to be a state-of-the-art, high-capacity fiber-optic submarine cable system that will address the increasing telecommunications traffic capacity demands within the region.

The SEA-H2X has six landing points in Southeast Asia : Hong Kong SAR (Tseung Kwan O), China (Lingshui), Malaysia (Kuching), Philippines (La Union), Singapore (Tuas), and Thailand (Songkhla).

With a system design capacity of 160 Tbps (terabits per second), SEA-H2X aims to further increase the international capacity and reinforce the resiliency of its undersea fiber links within the Asia Pacific region. Ultimately, it is intended to provide superior connectivity to subscribers and businesses in the Philippines; it is seen to benefit institutions seen as large consumers of bandwidth such as outsourcing and offshore industry, including major contact centers, business process outsourcing providers, global financial institutions and a host of other multinationals.

_{𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝐸𝐴-𝐻2𝑋 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ}

Aside from Converge, other members of the SEA-H2X consortium are China Mobile International Limited (CMI), China United Network Communications Group Company Limited. (CU), AP SEA H2X Sdn. Bhd (AP SEA-H2X, previously known as IRIX SEA-H2X and PPTEL SEA-H2X), while HMN Technologies Ltd. has been engaged to build the cable system.

“As an important large-bandwidth submarine system in the region, SEA-H2X will further upgrade connectivity to Hong Kong SAR, Hainan SEZ and Southeast Asia countries, boosting unimpeded trade, communication, financial integration along the route,” said Dr. Meng Shusen, Chairman and President, CU.