The management teams of RTI and GTA have entered into a joint venture and are 
constructing the Gateway Network Connections, LLC (GNC) facility. GNC will 
serve as Guam's first combined neutral Cable Landing Station (CLS) and Data 
Center (DC). 

GNC further elevates the importance of Guam as a vital hub for undersea cables. 
Several new undersea fiber optic cables will land on Guam in the coming years, 
including 100G cables already scheduled to land at GNC's facility in 2019 and 
2020. 

GNC will provide seamless interconnection for both existing and new cables, 
providing onward connectivity between and among Asia, Australia, and the United 
States. The new GNC building will be located adjacent to GTA's existing CLS, 
where the Southeast Asia-United States Cable System (SEA-US) lands. 

Guam as an Essential Telecommunications Hub

Scheduled for completion in Q1 2020, GNC will be an 11,800-square-foot (1,096 
square meter) Type 3 designed data center with approximately 250 racks of 
capacity and 2 Megawatts of power. The purpose-built facility is engineered to 
withstand Category 5 Hurricane conditions and tsunami flooding.

GTA is the incumbent operator on Guam, and it is also an experienced cable 
owner, consortium member, and landing party. GTA's most recent success was its 
early completion of the Piti-I CLS, where SEA-US's 100G cable has been 
commercially in-service since 2017. 

RTI is also an experienced cable owner, and its affiliates will soon be 
completing construction on new 100G cables that will land on Guam. The new 
cables include the Japan-Guam-Australia North Cable System (JGA North) 
connecting Tokyo and Guam, the Japan-Guam-Australia South Cable System (JGA 
South) connecting Sydney and Guam with a branch to Australia's Sunshine Coast, 
and the Hong Kong-Guam Cable System (HK-G) connecting Hong Kong and Guam. JGA 
North, JGA South, and HK-G will interconnect with one another at GNC's neutral 
facility, and GTA's network will allow for seamless connectivity between GNC 
and other active cables landed on Guam. 

"Operators who land cables on Guam will soon be able to maximize their cable 
investments by interconnecting to GNC's carrier-neutral facility," said Russ 
Matulich, CEO of RTI. "GNC will allow for new 100G cables and existing cables 
to rapidly and seamlessly interconnect thanks to GTA's fiber, which is already 
connected to cables landing on Guam." 

The GNC site plays a crucial role in the next generation of global 
communications. Technology giants, global enterprises, cloud-service providers, 
academic institutions, and content providers see Guam as a vital intersection 
for high-speed networks. The GNC facility is well-equipped to support -- and 
enable -- the intense data demands of the modern world. 

"GNC will unlock the value of more than $3 billion in undersea cables that land 
on Guam," said Roland Certeza, CEO of GTA. "GTA has the largest buried fiber 
footprint on Guam, which allows us to provide additional protection. In 
addition to the SEA-US Cable System in our Piti-I facility, GTA will also 
provide 24/7/365 technical support as part of our joint venture with RTI in 
GNC. GNC's neutrality ensures a level playing field for both large and small 
companies who rely on Guam as a reliable, neutral hub to and from Asia."

Critical Infrastructure for the Asia-Pacific Region

GNC is the Asia-Pacific intersection for SEA-US West, SEA-US East, HK-G, JGA 
North, and JGA South. The GNC facility is designed to accommodate at least five 
additional cable systems, and GNC will provide critical connectivity to other 
active cable systems on Guam.

As a key landing site and crucial connection point for several Asia-Pacific 
cable systems, GNC will help enable high-speed digital communications 
throughout the region and across the Pacific Ocean to the mainland U.S. 

"The ease of interconnecting between and among cables is the key to maximizing 
any cable investment," said Brett Lay, President of RTI. "Interconnecting in a 
neutral environment allows our customers to port capacity to and from any cable 
on the RTI network. Portable capacity can now be realized not only because of 
GNC's efficient design but also due to GTA's state-of-the-art network on Guam. 
Upon its completion in 1Q 2020, GNC will make it efficient and easy." 

"Guam has always had strategic importance in the telecommunications field," 
said Lou Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam. "This investment underscores our 
administration's commitment to strengthening our telecommunications 
infrastructure and ultimately providing new economic opportunities for our 
island. We congratulate GTA and their partners in achieving this important 
milestone, and we look forward to their continued contributions to our island 
and people."

About RTI: RTI is a leading independent undersea cable owner providing 
large-scale network solutions across a wide variety of industries including 
cloud companies, network operators, regional carriers, global enterprises, 
content providers and institutions for higher learning. RTI is headquartered in 
San Francisco, California, USA. For more information, visit www.rticable.com. 

About GTA: GTA provides complete communications services in Guam for 
residential and business customers. The company operates a 4G LTE wireless 
network, high-speed internet, digital television, and local and long-distance 
phone service. GTA also delivers carrier-class data circuits along with 
operating a cable landing station for the SEA-US cable consortium. Based in 
Tamuning, Guam, GTA is privately owned and locally managed. For more 
information, visit: www.gta.net. 

SOURCE:  GTA

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