Overview

China Telecom signed a joint letter of intent with the Philippines for a feasibility study to build a cable landing station

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Vague TBD

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Start (planned): Nov 20, 2018

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The project intends to develop a cable landing station for China Telecom. China Telecom was reportedly looking to develop its cable landing station within the same station developed in a deal between Facebook and the DICT within Luzon (see: https://business.inquirer.net/260875/ph-hk-cable-link-eyed). This station is located in Baler town, Aurora State, the Philippines and is called the Aurora Cable Landing Station. More locational data can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3670951#map=12/15.7721/121.6235

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

China Telecommunications Corporation

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Department of Information and Telecommunications Technology of the Philippines

Loan description

China Telecom signed a joint letter of intent with the Philippines for a feasibility study to build a cable landing station

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 20, 2018, China Telecom and the Department of Information and Communications Telecommunications Technology (DICT) of the Philippines signed a joint letter of intent for a feasibility study to build a cable landing station and make use of China Telecom’s existing submarine cables. The project aims to increase the speed of internet connectivity within the Philippines. DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. and China Telecom Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yang Jie signed the letter of intent. Under the proposal, China Telecom’s international submarine telecommunications cable will directly connect Hong Kong, the United States, and the Philippines. The facility will use optical fiber technology to carry signal and digital data, including telephone and internet traffic, across oceans and seas. China Telecom will connect the submarine cable landing station of the Ministry of Communications with the Hong Kong-US submarine communication cable. The current status of the project is uncertain.