PLDT triples international capacity with US-Transpacific Jupiter Cable PH link

MANILA,Philippines,June 29,2022 -- PLDTreinforces its lead among local carriers with the most number of Philippine-terminating cables as it activates theUS-Transpacific Jupiter cable system by July this year,and is expected to further enhance delivery ofservices and improve customer experience.

The addition of the Jupiter cable system to PLDT's infrastructuregreatlybooststhe telco's extensive fiber network,providing greater capacity in multiple Terabits per second to customersas well as cable diversity to ensure ability to re-route traffic in the event of undersea cable cuts.

"Investments on infrastructure like Jupiter allow PLDT to provide the vital connectivity that powers our digital economy,enabling us to help transform the country into a globally competitive and digitally-empowered nation," PLDT and Smart FVP and Head of Enterprise Business Group Jojo G. Gendrano said.

"Specifically,this will fortify the Philippines' position as the next strategic data center hub for global hyperscalers," Gendrano added.

PLDT's investment in the Jupiter cable system increases and reinforces the capacities and the resiliency of the telco leader's existing undersea fiber links,to delivermassive amounts ofdata traffic going in and out of the country to the US.

Jupiter uses an "open cable model," which allows consortium members to increase their capacities as needed by investing in technologies that boost data throughput.

Currently the largest among Philippine telcos,Jupiter is anticipated to increase PLDT's international capacity of 20 Terabit/s to about 60 Terabit/s to US and Japan further establishing its lead,and ready to scale with the growing demands of digital services. These include the delivery of Cloud services,Fintech,and rich media content,which seamlessly complements PLDT's existing fixed and mobile services.

The Jupiter Cable system is a joint project of global providers spanning 14,000 kilometers from the US tothe PhilippinesbringingPLDT's total number of international cabling systems to 17.

Jupiter is key to enhancing PLDT'scable network resilience,increasing the PLDT Group's submarine cable route diversity,and helps assure customers with sustained capacity availability in support of their growing demand for data and continuing digital transformation.

Currently,PLDToperates the country's most extensive international submarine cable network and is set to expand further with the completion of two more major international cable systems namely Asia Direct Cable (ADC),and the APRICOT cable system set to be completed in the next two years.