NEC wins Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) Submarine Cable System

BEIJING and Tokyo, December 20, 2011 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE6701) announced today the signing of a multi-million dollar supply contract with the global consortium of communications companies, including NTT Communications, KT, Chunghwa Telecom, and others, to construct the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) system, a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that will link 9 countries and territories in Asia. The signing took place at Beijing.

The APG system is designed for a transmission speed of 40Gb/s per wavelength, utilizing the latest Digital Coherent detection and OADM (Optical Add-Drop Multiplexing) technologies. Total length is expected to be 10,400km, linking China Mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore. APG is expected to meet the demand for intra-Asia connectivity between South East Asia and North Asia.

“We are honored to have been selected as the supplier of the APG system and firmly believe that once completed, APG will have a significant impact and NEC’s state of the art advanced Digital Coherent 40G SLTE’s and OADM Branching Units will contribute to the economies of Asia and its surrounding countries,” said Mr. Nobuyuki Yanaginuma, Associate Senior Vice President at NEC. “We thank each participating member of the APG consortium for their trust and support and look forward to completing this landmark project. NEC will continue to dedicate its strength to the development of telecommunication infrastructure in these and other countries across the globe.”

Maxis Brings the Eagerly Anticipated iPhone 4S to Customers

Maxis Berhad (‘Maxis’), Malaysia’s leading integrated communications provider, is pleased to introduce the eagerly anticipated iPhone 4S to its customers at the stroke of midnight, with a special launch event at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Concurrently, Maxis also introduced the device in Johor Bahru, Penang, Kuantan, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. The iPhone 4S will be available starting Friday, 16 December 2011, at all Maxis Centres and Maxis Exclusive Partners (MEPs) nationwide.
Maxis is offering four new iValue plans for customers, with the highest combined mobile & WiFi data of up to 11GB, enabling them to truly enjoy their feature-rich device. Loyal Maxis customers who have been part of its iPhone community since Maxis launched the iPhones 3G, 3GS and 4, will be the first out of the many iPhone enthusiasts who have registered their interest to get the iPhone 4S from Maxis and to enjoy the new plans automatically.Among the new enhancements to its iValue plans include increased data quota as well as free WiFi connection of 4GB per month across all Maxis hotspots nationwide. With the added free WiFi connection, Maxis now offers customers the highest mobile data allocation. To check out the nearest WiFi hotspot, customers can download the Maxis WiFi application from the App store for free.Under a Maxis plan, the new iPhone 4S comes with Maxis-developed applications. One such application is Maxis’ Customer Service app, which is the first telco customer service app available on the iPhone in Malaysia. With this application, Maxis customers can easily access their account and bill information, subscribe or unsubscribe to value added services and contact Maxis’ Customer Service using a preferred channel at their convenience.Customers will also enjoy a 0% interest installment plan and existing customers will be able to conveniently upgrade to new plans which features enhanced data and WiFi.