OPPORTUNITIES IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM’S ICT

• Data Centres and Disaster Recovery Centres
• Software development opportunities in partnership with iCentre incubatees

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY

Brunei remains connected with the rest of the world through the SEA-ME-WE3 Submarine Cable System at Tungku Submarine Cable Station. The SEA ME WE3 has a total capacity of 2,634,214 Miu*km with at least 80% of this capacity open for further utilisation. This link is diversified and backed up through a land based transmission system, the Trans-Borneo Optical Fibre System; as well as the Intelsat Satellite Network and a new teleport at Telesai Earth Station, which sustains highly reliable international services via satellite while simultaneously providing back up and alternative telecommunication services via submarine cable system.

In further enhancing international connectivity, the Government of Brunei has invested approximately USD 40,000,000 in the Asia America Gateway (AAG) Submarine Cable System which was completed in 2010. The AAG Submarine Cable System will be the first direct terabit (one trillion bytes) submarine cable network between Southeast Asia and the United States spanning over 20,000 km. Brunei is one of the landing stations with allocated capacity of 20,000 MIU*point.

WHY BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FOR YOUR ICT INVESTMENT?

Brunei has abundant bandwidth capacity through its web of international submarine cables and state of the art telecommunications infrastructure. This abundant capacity coupled with competitively priced utilities makes D an excellent location for your ICT investment. Brunei’s robust technical infrastructure, strategic location, stable political and economic climate, attractive investment incentives, skilled manpower resources and the assurance of a history free of natural disasters, makes the country an ideal location for the establishment of Data Centres and Disaster Recovery Centres.

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM’S COMMITMENT TO ICT DEVELOPMENT

Brunei acknowledges that with globalisation and intense competition worldwide, it is crucial to be more competitive and responsive to the ever changing economic landscape and demand. In this respect, ICT has been identified as one of the key catalysts for sustainable socio-economic development and thus the development of ICT continues to be a top priority.

The Brunei Government has allocated the ICT sector a total of B$1,146 million or 12.1% of the overall National Development Plan 2007-2012 budget. This includes B$210 million to further enhance the human capacity building and B$185 million to further develop SMEs in the country.