KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd's wholesale domestic and international business arm has entered into a memorandum of understanding with PT Telkom Indonesia's subsidiary Telin to explore opportunities in subsea cable business arrangements.

       The telco said the new partnership will further strengthen the business to business (B2B) relationship between the two parties and broaden the collaboration while continuing to provide their customers with reliable, diversified and uninterrupted connectivity solutions.

       “TM Wholesale is committed to deliver greater reachability and resilient connectivity to our customers.

       "This collaboration allows us to gain immediate submarine capacity in response to the growing demand for high bandwidth services," said TM Wholesale executive vice president Amar Huzaimi Md Deris in a statement.

       He added that the partnership will give TM more diverse connections and alternative routes connecting Malaysia to the rest of the world, while optimising existing submarine capacity.

       "Additionally, it will enable us to begin exploring the most cost-effective approach for future submarine cable investment projects that will benefit both parties and this region," he said.

       Currently, TM has 30 submarine cable systems, owned and leased, spanning more than 320,000km around the globe and Telin has 22 submarine cable system, owned and leased, with over 222,260km.