KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd
(TM) is collaborating with Meta, SoftBank Corp, IPS Inc, PT XLSmart Telecom Sejahtera Tbk, and NEC Corporation in developing the Candle submarine cable system which connects ASEAN countries to Japan.
Candle, which is scheduled to begin operations in 2028, is a 24-fibre pair, 8,000-kilometre (km) submarine cable system connecting Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
