TIS (cable system)

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TIS (Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the South China Sea linking Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia

It has landing points in:

1. Songkhla, Songkhla Province, Thailand
2. Changi, Singapore
3. Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia

It has an initial transmission capacity of 30 Gbit/s, upgradeable to 320 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of approximately 1,100 km. It started operation in December 2003.

[edit] Sources

• http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=113069. Retrieved on April 13, 2006.
• http://business.singtel.com/upload_hub/mnc/TIS_Dec_04.pdf. Retrieved on April 13, 2006.
• http://www.thestandard.com/article.php?story=20031203192612618. Retrieved on April 13, 2006.