Hexa Capital Consultancy PLT Appoints Globe Telecom as Landing Party in Davao

Hexa Capital Consultancy PLT (Hexa) owns the Malaysia-U.S. (MYUS) cable, based in Malaysia, has named Globe Telecom as the Philippine Landing Party for its cable system.

The MYUS cable is scheduled to be ready for service in mid-2028, connecting Malaysia and the United States directly for the first time with high-capacity fiber optic connectivity, improving access to reliable and inexpensive digital services throughout Southeast Asia. The cable backbone will connect the Malaysian Peninsula near Sedili to Davao, Philippines, the United States territory of Guam, and then straight to Alaska Communications' cable landing station in Florence, Oregon. Along the way, MYUS will link Batam, Jakarta, and Balikpapan in Indonesia.

Globe’s cable landing station in Davao will serve as a crucial interconnection point for the project.

“The MYUS cable is being designed specifically to provide trusted and reliable direct fiber connectivity between these locations for large hyperscaler[s], cloud [providers], content [distributors], telecom carriers, and government customers,” according to Dr. Azhari Abang Hadari, the Founder and CEO of Hexa.

“MYUS customers can be confident in the route design because it avoids the problems plagued by other existing undersea cables that transit contested waters in Southeast Asia. The MYUS Network provides efficient routing for the lowest possible latency, and uses well-known, well-proven cable landing sites that have excellent up-time performance as well as widely available backhaul options for Hexa’s fiber pair owners,” added Dr. Azhari. “Globe Telecom was our top choice when we evaluated strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific Region, with their long history of stable high-performance fiber optic network and the new PDSCN domestic Philippines fiber system connecting major enterprises and data centers throughout the country.”

"We look forward to a long-term relationship hosting MYUS at our premier landing station in Davao. Our cable landing facilities offer diverse route connectivity to global and regional carriers. The access to customers utilizing our robust state-of-the-art network should give confidence to operators looking to interconnect with domestic and international constituents. Davao is a critical hub for subsea fiber optic cables, which are the backbone of today’s internet,” said KD Dizon, Head of Globe Business.

MYUS will be an open cable with 16 fiber pairs running across its backbone. Hexa's business plan is to offer fiber pairs to long-term customers who require dependability, robustness, and high cable performance to support their business growth. Hexa's decision to collaborate with Globe relies on its strategy of planning internationally and locally with strong, established, and experienced operators capable of exceeding the most demanding clients' expectations.

The Hexa team met with clients and partners at the Submarine Networks World conference in Singapore (SNW 2024, September 25-26) and hopes to collaborate with many more in the future months.