CABLE & WIRELESS OPTUS TO BENEFIT FROM NEW INTERNET LINK TO SINGAPORE

Cable & Wireless Optus internet wholesale customers are set to benefit from increased capacity between Australia and Singapore.

An additional 4 Mbps link will be established under the Australia-Singapore IT Co-operation Memorandum of Understanding signed today by the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Tim Fischer and the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Hsien Loong.

Cable & Wireless Optus will integrate the Singapore-Australia link into its Spinnaker Pacific Access initiative. This initiative provides internet wholesale customers with a 30% discount off the normal international rates for internet traffic between Australia and Singapore.

"We anticipate that this initiative will lead to greater internet based co-operation between our two countries," said Stephen Beynon, Director of Industry Services at Cable & Wireless Optus.

"It will also enhance the internet connections available within Cable & Wireless worldwide network," Mr Beynon commented.

For more information:
Bruce Meagher
Cable & Wireless Optus
Phone: 02 9342 8202
Mobile: 0412 254 690
Email: bruce.meagher@yes.optus.com.au