Global Transit Links Indonesia to the World

Malaysia’s leading international bandwidth provider Global Transit partners with Indonesian submarine cable owner PGASCOM for stronger regional positioning in IP backhaul connectivity

Kuala Lumpur, March 2, 2012 – Global Transit Communications (‘GTC’), South East Asia’s (SEA) fastest growing international bandwidth provider, and PT PGAS Telekomunikasi Nusantara (‘PGASCOM’), which operates an undersea fibre-optic cable from Singapore to Jakarta have entered into an agreement to provide competitive, reliable bandwidth connectivity to SEA’s most populous country.

According to CEO of Global Transit Communications, Saiful Husni, the partnership with PGASCOM, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s largest gas company, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Group, provides GTC with a strong advantage in Indonesian domestic network.

“This partnership will ensure GTC’s revenue growth in its international bandwidth business, and provide an alternative gateway for Indonesia telecommunication providers and businesses to connect to the rest of the world”

Saiful adds, “Based on Indonesia’s market size, 10% of Indonesia’s demand for communications is the equivalent to 70% of Malaysia’s total demand. However traditional internet service provider (ISP) players setting up a presence in Indonesia have to incur expensive infrastructure cost in backhaul leasing from Singapore to Jakarta, driving cost of connectivity higher. This strategic partnership gives GTC a significant cost advantage in relation to the traditional approach of most players.”

The partnership would bring a total capacity of 160 Gbps to Indonesia, capable in meeting today and the future’s demand of high quality data communication requirements.

“GTC has already established Points of Presence (POPs) in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and USA as part of its global service coverage. The extension to Jakarta will allow both companies to grow the business by riding on GTC’s global backbone connectivity from Asia to the USA.”

Details of the Collaboration

This link leverages PGASCOM’s submarine cable backhaul infrastructure that is developed in a high security standard gas environment and implemented in its optical cable infrastructure buried in the gas’s pipeline ROW (Right Of Way).

The GTC-PGASCOM partnership is a joint establishment of IP infrastructure as an extension of GTC’s IP network in Singapore, into Jakarta. It will also provide Tier-1 IPLC (international private leased circuit) connectivity infrastructure from Indonesia to the rest of the world, via multiple upstream providers.

As the IP connection network is co-owned by both PGASCOM and GTC, it will allow for better SLA (service level agreements) and control.

Global Transit Secures RM101 million In Regional Bandwidth Sales

115% Year-on-Year Revenue Growth

Kuala Lumpur, November 17 – Global Transit Communications Sdn Bhd (Global Transit) has secured RM101 million in regional bandwidth sales to leading telecommunications providers in Asia as of mid November 2011, marking a 115% year-on-year revenue growth.

Saiful Husni Samak, Chief Executive Officer of Global Transit said, “For a young company, Global Transit has captured significant share of the regional market connecting Asia to the world.

“The strong traction, a growth of 115% over the span of a year, has put Global Transit on the map as the alternative Asian gateway.”

To date, Global Transit serves 140 customers from various countries in Asia -- many of them Tier 1 fixed and mobile telecommunications companies -- establishing itself as a trusted and reliable regional player.

According to Saiful, “Out of the 200Gbps, some 90% of the total bandwidth delivered connects Asia to the U.S. while the balance is used to connect countries within Asia.”

Incorporated in 2005, Global Transit has become a fast growing, independent regional player that transmits large amounts of data within Asia and internationally.

Being a relatively new player in the industry, Global Transit has been operating at an Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) positive level for over three years.

In the last two years, its business has grown four times given the high demand in regional bandwidth.

Global Transit has built a robust and integrated terrestrial and subsea network around the globe to serve its regional customers. Currently, it has its points-of-presence (POPs) covering Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the U.S., with rapid expansions plans in the pipeline over the next year.

According to telecoms market research firm TeleGeography, Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region in terms of demand in bandwidth with an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 64% over the next 5 years[1].

Given the market demand and potential, Global Transit with its established regional presence, is in an ideal position to capitalise on the region’s growth.