Asia Global Crossing Lights Hong Kong-Japan Backbone

Asia Global Crossing said it has activated a 310Mbps backbone between Hong Kong and Japan through its pan-Asian East Asia Crossing network. The connection expands the Global Crossing and Asia Global Crossing worldwide IP services platform to Hong Kong, enabling seamless data transfer among Europe, the U.S., Japan, and Hong Kong.

The IP services backbone is the tunnel within East Asia Crossing that, together with Asia Global Crossing's Pacific Crossing, establishes the fastest direct link connecting Hong Kong, Japan and the United States, enabling a seamless flow of the Global Crossing/Asia Global Crossing IP services product suite, Asia Global Crossing officials said.

As East Asia Crossing is completed and Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and, as regulations permit, China, are connected, Asia Global Crossing plans to expand its high-performance IP backbone network, the company also said.

"With the expansion of Asia Global Crossing's IP network to Hong Kong, worldwide IP services users will be able to access Hong Kong through a single, seamless IP backbone," said John Legere, president and chief executive officer of Asia Global Crossing.

The IP backbone can be upgraded as demand requires. The IP services backbone across Asia Global Crossing's trans-Pacific Pacific Crossing has been upgraded to 2.5Gbps, the fastest trans-Pacific services backbone in service today.