en.Wedoany.com Reported - NEC Corporation officially announced on May 15 that the East Micronesia submarine fiber optic cable system EMCS, spanning approximately 2,250 kilometers, has completed all construction work and been handed over to the operators. This cable connects Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia, Tarawa in Kiribati, and the Republic of Nauru to the global fiber optic network for the first time. Previously, international communications for these three locations relied entirely on satellite links, suffering from high latency and unstable connections.
The EMCS spans four islands across three Pacific nations, with a specific route starting from Tarawa, Kiribati, passing through Nauru and Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia, and finally connecting to Pohnpei. On Pohnpei, the EMCS interconnects with the existing Hantru-1 submarine cable system, which links northward to Guam and connects to the United States, Japan, Australia, and Southeast Asia via trans-Pacific cables. With this, all four states of the Federated States of Micronesia now have fiber optic digital connectivity, a fact confirmed by Gordon Segal, CEO of the nation's submarine cable operator FSM Telecommunications Cable Corporation and Chairman of the EMCS Operations Committee.
NEC clarified in its announcement that the EMCS project was jointly funded by grant aid from the governments of Japan, the United States, and Australia, forming part of the trilateral "East Micronesia Submarine Cable Project." Upon completion, the cable was handed over for operation to FSMTCC, Kiribati's state-owned telecommunications company Bwebweriki Net Limited, and Nauru's state-owned telecommunications company Cenpac Corporation. Cenpac Corporation Chairman Zikki Eoe noted that this project is Nauru's first submarine cable and will provide residents with high-speed, reliable internet services.
The fundamental change in communication conditions is opening up digital spaces previously inaccessible to these island nations. The announcement quoted BNL head Bwanouia Aberaam, stating that with this key infrastructure supporting regional economic digitization in place, residents' ability to access diverse information and essential services will be significantly enhanced. Tomonori Uematsu, Senior Director of NEC's Submarine Network Division, positioned the project as a substantial contribution of NEC's long-accumulated submarine cable technology to strengthening the regional communication environment and safeguarding social life.
From the perspective of the global submarine cable industry landscape, the delivery of EMCS continues NEC's years of engineering experience in Pacific island infrastructure. NEC has previously completed cable construction from Guam to the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau, and has deployed multiple submarine cable systems in regions such as Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Africa. The three new fiber optic access points added by EMCS in the Pacific islands region not only fill a gap in the area's digital infrastructure but also provide the physical transmission foundation for future deployment of regional data center edge nodes and mobile base station backhaul links.
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