Viet Nam's Internet service providers transfer its capacity to different routes to lower the impacts of the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable, which is under maintenance and repair. — Photo dantri.vn

HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Viet Nam's Internet service providers announced that they have implemented solutions to ensure the stability of Internet connections between the country and other nations.

The announcement has come at a time when Asia-America Gateway (AAG), the submarine cable that is utilised the maximum, is undergoing maintenance work and repair till June 17.

FPT Telecom Company said it had laid cables over land and had increased its international Internet capacity to 50Gbps to reduce the impact of AAG to the minimum.

In the past few months, FPT has continuously expanded its international bandwidth to increase the Internet capacity for customers, and to limit the problems that occur when one of the lines connecting with other countries has a breakdown.

Meanwhile, Viettel Network Corporation's Deputy General Director Pham Dinh Truong said the firm has increased its Internet capacity to 30Gbps, with 20Gbps for connections with other countries via TGN-Intra Asia Cable Network (IA) and 10Gbps over land via China Telecom and China Unicom. He said Viettel also transferred 20Gbps from AAG to the land cables.

Truong said the company currently used about 30 per cent of the AAG cable capacity. However, it has maintained the quality of its service because of constant upgrade in transmission networks and backup capacity.

At the moment, Viettel and some large telecom providers are constructing the 11,000km Asia Pacific Gateway with a bandwidth of 4Tbps, connecting Viet Nam, some Asian countries and the United States. They are also investing in the construction of the 25,000km Asia Africa Euro 1, connecting Viet Nam and Asian countries to Europe and Africa. The two new cables will become operational next year.

The Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) said it has transferred its Internet capacity via the South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 3 (SMW3) undersea cable, the land cable that goes through China, and via satellites, and has increased the Internet capacity through the aforementioned networks to meet the demands of customers.

There are four undersea cables in Viet Nam. AAG, with a length of more than 20,000km, became operational in 2009. It has the largest Internet capacity and connects the Southeast Asian region with the United States directly. The IA cable is new and does not have as much capacity as AAG. The remaining cables, consisting of SMW3 and Thailand-Viet Nam-Hong Kong (TVH), have low capacity and have been used for 10 to 15 years.

In Viet Nam, AAG is the main cable used by local Internet service providers to connect the country with other nations. — VNS