London - A new 7,800km undersea data cable has opened to traffic in Asia.
The high-speed Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) transfers data via an optical fibre system at 40 gigabits per second.
The ASE connects Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippine, the BBC reports.
According to the report, it is three milliseconds faster than any other cable between Singapore and Tokyo
The route for the new cable was chosen to be as straight as possible, reducing the time to get information from one end to the other to 65 milliseconds.
The data transfer capacity of 40Gbps is the equivalent of downloading a high-resolution DVD in about two seconds.
The new facility adds to a web of undersea cables in the waters around Japan.
These include ones run by Australian operator Telstra International, Taiwan's largest phone operator Chunghwa Telecom, and the global telecommunications service provider Pacnet, based in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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