Fiber optic transmission services are becoming an indispensable platform for all data connection, transmission and processing activities. Thanks to the ability to transmit signals using light through microscopic glass fibers, fiber optic cables provide superior speed, high stability and extremely large bandwidth, meeting the increasingly stringent requirements of businesses, data centers, governments and global digital platforms.
The first and most obvious benefit of fiber optic transmission is speed. Capable of transmitting data at hundreds of gigabits per second, or even terabits in specialized applications, fiber optics enable real-time content delivery with near-zero latency. This is especially important in areas such as finance, e-commerce, smart supply chains, AI operations, and the operation of digital transportation, energy, and urban systems.
High reliability is also key. Unlike copper cables, optical transmission is not affected by electromagnetic interference or environmental conditions, allowing for superior signal quality over long distances. This helps ensure smooth, uninterrupted operation of surveillance systems, video conferencing, remote management, and data center operations. For businesses, this means minimizing the risk of disconnection, increasing operational efficiency, and improving the user experience.
Currently, popular transmission technologies include SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy), DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), OTN (Optical Transport Network) and Ethernet-over-Fiber. Of these, DWDM is being prioritized for deployment in backbones and international connections thanks to its dense wavelength multiplexing capability, supporting speeds up to hundreds of Gbps per channel. OTN acts as an intelligent “container” layer, helping to package different types of data into a common transmission frame, simultaneously supporting flexibility and more efficient monitoring capabilities. In addition, modern transmission systems are also integrating with SDN control platforms, helping to optimize routing, monitor networks in real time and automate failure recovery.
Not only that, the scalability of fiber optic cables also helps businesses easily adapt to future bandwidth growth needs. Thanks to DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology, multiple data streams can simultaneously travel on a single fiber optic cable, increasing transmission capacity without investing in new infrastructure. Initial investment costs are thus optimized, and infrastructure efficiency is significantly improved.
In terms of security, fiber optics outperform other technologies in that eavesdropping or stealing data is extremely difficult and easy to detect. This is why fiber optics is the preferred choice for connections between data centers, banking and financial systems, government agencies and defense organizations.
In Vietnam, DCH Group is one of the units developing large-scale fiber optic transmission infrastructure, including both sea and land routes. The landing station in Ba Ria - Vung Tau deployed by DCH will be a direct connection point with major data centers in Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan, contributing to making Vietnam a data transmission gateway for the region. From here, the land transmission network will connect to Ho Chi Minh City and key economic regions, forming a strategic data corridor from sea to land, meeting both international and domestic traffic.
The business efficiency of deploying a private transmission system like DCH brings to customers not only lies in good control of connection quality but also opens up opportunities to develop an ecosystem of accompanying services, especially data storage and processing services. When high-speed transmission is combined with an international standard data center, businesses can access a complete solution: from international connection, data processing, to storage, backup and information security. This integrated model helps save time, reduce operating costs and increase flexibility in application deployment.
DCH is currently building a high-capacity data center, expected to be operational by the end of 2026, serving as a data receiving, storage and distribution center for the entire southern region. When combined with a high-speed fiber optic network, this system will form a closed service chain, serving customers with needs ranging from simple to complex: from business data backup, cloud infrastructure services, AI platform hosting, to operating smart manufacturing and smart city operating systems.
The benefits of using fiber optic transmission and data storage simultaneously go beyond speed and stability, to the flexibility of multi-regional, multi-platform deployment. Businesses can configure their systems according to their workload requirements, access resources according to actual needs, and ensure that data is always backed up and restored in the event of an incident. The ability to expand resources according to the cloud computing model helps save on initial hardware investment costs, while accelerating the deployment of new services and products to the market.
In terms of long-term strategy, mastering transmission and storage infrastructure allows DCH to not only act as a service provider, but also become an international data center, a place to converge and transit traffic from the Asia-Pacific region. With this capacity, Vietnam has the opportunity to strengthen its position on the global digital connectivity map, attracting technology investors, cloud computing companies and international digital content providers.
Fiber optic transmission services combined with data center ecosystems are bringing not only technical benefits but also strategic value in building national digital infrastructure. In the context of data becoming the core asset of the economy, investing properly in data transmission and storage is a key step for businesses, organizations and the whole country to make a breakthrough in the technology era.