Global asset manager and operator Keppel has announced that the Bifrost Cable System has reached its Ready for Service (RFS) stage and will begin carrying commercial traffic in the coming weeks.
The subsea cable connects Singapore to the west coast of the United States through Indonesia, spanning more than 20,000 kilometers.
Designed to support artificial intelligence workloads, cloud-based platforms, and digital services, the system offers a round-trip latency of under 165 milliseconds between Singapore and the US.
It adds over 260 terabits per second of capacity and aims to strengthen connectivity along the trans-Pacific route.
Keppel holds five of the system’s 12 fiber pairs through a joint venture with private fund co-investors.
The cable lands in Singapore, Guam, and Grover Beach, California, with branching connections to Jakarta and Manado in Indonesia, Davao in the Philippines, and Winema, Oregon.
Manjot Singh Mann, CEO of Connectivity at Keppel, said the project supports growing digital demand between Southeast Asia and the United States and contributes to regional network resilience.
Converge ICT Solutions serves as the landing partner in Davao. Its CEO, Dennis Anthony Uy, said the system will expand international bandwidth capacity and enhance network redundancy for the Philippines.
The system was built by Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN). ASN CEO Alain Biston said the completion reflects close collaboration between the company and its partners.
Bifrost is expected to support increasing digital traffic and contribute to the region’s expanding data infrastructure once it becomes operational.
