05/10/2025
The project has achieved "Ready for Service" (RFS) status. It will help provide added bandwidth, redundancy (backup routes for Internet data traffic) and lower latency specially for international traffic from US and Asia. Expected to improve the digital infrastructure — better internet reliability, potential cost improvements, better performance for services like streaming, cloud, gaming, remote work.
We are pleased to announce that the Bifrost Cable System (Bifrost) has officially achieved Ready for Service status and will now gear up to carry commercial traffic in the coming weeks.
Bifrost is the world’s first subsea cable system directly linking Singapore to the west coast of USA via Indonesia through the Java Sea and Celebes Sea. Spanning over 20,000 km, the cable system is engineered to support AI workloads, cloud-native platforms, and real-time digital services, offering a round-trip latency of just under 165 milliseconds between Singapore and the USA—up to 10 milliseconds faster than many existing systems. By charting a new route across the Pacific, Bifrost also introduces more than 260 Tbps of additional capacity and enhances the resiliency of one of the world’s most active digital corridors.
Mr Manjot Singh Mann, CEO, Connectivity, Keppel, said, “Keppel is proud to announce that the Bifrost Cable System has achieved Ready for Service status. This landmark project will bolster digital connectivity between Southeast Asia and the USA. The Bifrost Cable System will reinforce Singapore’s position as a leading digital hub in Asia and support the region’s rapidly growing digital economy. We look forward to expanding our subsea cable footprint across Asia and beyond, as an integrated ecosystem partner to global cloud players and technology leaders.”
Read more here: https://www.keppel.com/media/bifrost-cable-system-achieves-ready-for-service-status-primed-for-trans-pacific-connectivity/