PEACE and PCCW Global signed the LPA with Orange to Land PEACE Cable in France
On 17th Sep 2019, PEACE, PCCW Global, and Orange officially signed their agreement to deploy the new submarine cable - PEACE Med, during the Submarine Networks World international fair currently being held in Singapore. The draft agreement was announced during the Capacity Europe event in November 2018, and the final agreement was signed during this event. This agreement marks the arrival of the first Chinese neutral submarine cable in France. PEACE refers to Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe, is an open and neutral submarine cable system invested by HENGTONG Optic-Electric, the global information and energy network service provider. Measuring 12,000 kilometres in length, PEACE will link France to Pakistan through a single landing point in the city of Marseille by 2021 using the Europe-Asia route, and the city of Mombasa in Kenya, via a short route towards the Indian Ocean that will ensure optimum latency, and extend to South Africa in the future, reaching 15,000 kilometres totally. Through this agreement, Orange - the leading telecommunications operator in France - will supply and operate the cable landing station in Marseille to link it to one of the city’s major data centres, and to make it a gateway to the European network; and even to the Americas thanks to access to the transatlantic network accessible from France. Orange is the sole French operator in the industry with existing infrastructure and the technical expertise to land this kind of cable in France. Moreover, Orange has acquired 500Gbps of capacity on the cable between Marseille and Kenya in order to support the growth of traffic in the Indian Ocean for several years. For the French company, PEACE will provide greater route diversity, improved connection security and guaranteed support for increased capacity across all regions in the Indian Ocean zone. Mr. Wu Qianjun, the Vice president of Hengtong Group and CEO of PEACE, says: “The PEACE project has been progressed very well and the equipment manufacturing has been achieved more than 60%. The system will be ready for service on time based on its schedule. We are confident that PEACE will provide low-cost capacity for those fast-growing regions and enhance the routing diversity in Asia, Africa and Europe” About PEACE PEACE Cable International Network CO., LTD, founded in 2018 and registered in Hong Kong. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hengtong Optic-Electric, a Global Information and Energy Network Service Provider. PEACE aims to be leading international submarine cable operator. PEACE submarine cable system, refers to Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe, privately owned cable system that provides an open, flexible and carrier-neutral services for its customers. PEACE is targeted for completion in 2021. Hengtong Optic-Electric is listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange in August 2003, with a market share of 15% of the global market, serving over 130 countries. Hengtong will continue adhering to the vision of “becoming a world-renowned brand and international outstanding enterprise” and making further contributions to the development of global optical communication and power transmission. E-mail: info@peacecable.com Web: www.peacecable.com LinkedIn: PEACE CABLE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK CO., LIMITED Mobil: +86 185 5041 4755
PEACE appeared at Singapore Network World Exhibition (SNW)
The annual Submarine Network World Exhibition (SNW) was held in Singapore on 16-18 September. The investor, PEACE Cable International Network Co., Ltd, has participated in the exhibition to unveil the current progress of PEACE Cable system project to the public. PEACE has attracted a lot of attention since it is established. And always be a hot spot in submarine cable industry whenever it makes public appearance. As one of the most professional annual exhibitions in submarine cable field, SNW not only was a platform for PEACE to show its present progress in all-round way, but has provided channels for many PEACE partners, customers and professionals to know about PEACE cable system. At this exhibition, PEACE has met with its key partners to exchange the current cooperation progress and project development. And through this exhibition, PEACE has attracted some potential customers to boost the market development.
PEACE team attended the Subsea EMEA
From 8-10th July, representatives of PEACE Cable went to Marseille, France, to participate in the annual SUBSEA EMEA exhibition，during which conducted business negotiations with partners of PEACE cable system.
PEACE attended the ITW
Recently the International Telecom Week 2019(ITW) was held in Atlanta, America. It’s a world-class event that the telecom operators from all over the world and the providers presenting network, voice, data, SMS will show their latest product solutions and technologies. PEACE team attended this event as one of the attending companies. During this event, PEACE had meetings with several world-renowned telecom operators and OTTs. Those world telecom giants expressed their interest to cooperate with PEACE cable.
Hengtong Signed the Landing Party Agreement with Telecom Egypt for PEACE
The Landing Party Agreement for PEACE cable system was signed between Telecom Egypt, Hengtong and PCCW Global on 27th April, 2019 in Beijing during the second One Belt And One Road summit. In the presence of the minister of telecommunication of Egypt Dr. Amr Talaat and the chairman of Hengtong Group Mr. Cui Genliang, Mr. Adel Hamed, CEO of Telecom Egypt, Mr. Wu Qianjun, VP of Hengtong Group and CEO of PEACE, Mr. Jordick Wong， senior VP of PCCW Global, together signed the agreement. Also Mr. Tan Huiliang, the CEO of Hengtong International Business Unit signed the strategic cooperation LOI with Telecom Egypt. According to the deal, both parties will keep enhancing the cooperation with each other, including Telecom Egypt purchasing fiber cables from Hengtong and Hengtong buying the crossing Egypt fiber from Telecom Egypt.
Hengtong bringing first carrier neutral open submarine cable system to Pakistan
A Cable Landing Party Agreement has been signed between PEACE Cable International Network Co., Ltd. (PEACE) and Cyber Internet Services Pvt Ltd. This landmark agreement, signed on 16-April-2019 at Capacity North Africa in Cairo, follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties in 2018.
Hengtong Group and PCCW Global committed to enhancing connectivity diversity between Asia, Europe and Africa
Adopting the right business model in the subsea communications industry is a challenge that Hengtong Group and PCCW Global were capable of identifying and are working on overcoming with the PEACE undersea cable project. In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, Sun Xiaohua, COO of PEACE Cable, Hengtong Group and Sameh Sobhy, Vice President, Middle East and North Africa, PCCW Global emphasized how PEACE has created a new business model in the submarine cable industry that PCCW Global is leveraging to further achieve its goals.
PEACE Cable, The Carrier's Cable
Capacity Media Interview with Sun Xiaohua, COO of PEACE Cable.
Orange and PCCW Global team up to land the new PEACE submarine cable in France
During Capacity Europe 2018, the largest carrier event in Europe, Orange & PCCW Global have announced a partnership for the new submarine cable PEACE (Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe), a 12,000 km long, privately owned system expected to be ready for service in 2020.
PCCW Global and HENGTONG Group to connect three continents with high speed PEACE cable project
PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, and Chinese technology and industrial giant, the HENGTONG Group, have signed a cooperation agreement to connect China to Europe and Africa via the Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) undersea cable project, a new high-speed connection which is planned to go live in early 2020.
PEACE Cable Project Enters into Cable and Material Manufacturing Stage
PEACE Cable International Network Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of HENGTONG Group, are pleased to announce today, in conjunction with Huawei Marine Networks Co., Ltd. that PEACE Cable project has entered into the cable and material manufacturing stage.
Capacity Europe 2018
Event| 22-25 October 2018
Submarine Networks World 2018
Event|24 - 26 September, 2018 <br /> Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Capacity Africa 2018
Event|5-6 September, 2018
PEACE Cable Initiating Landing Cooperation with Pakistan and Djibouti
PEACE Cable International Network Co., Ltd. (PEACE Cable) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and landing party agreement with Pakistan network service provider Cybernet and Djibouti Telecom during the 4th Asia-Pacific Submarine Networks Forum. Remaining landing party agreements will also be signed within the next two weeks, representing a key milestone in the delivery plan which includes the permit application work in each country.
