China's Huawei Marine Networks, a global submarine network provider, said on Monday that it has won a bid to build the Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) undersea cable system.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Cambodia's Telcotech and Symphony Communication of Thailand are the members of the consortium involved in the system.

Spanning approximately 1,300 kilometers, the MCT cable system will provide connectivity between Cherating in Malaysia and Rayong in Thailand with a branching unit connecting from the main trunk into Sihanoukville in Cambodia, Huawei said in a statement, noting that access to neighboring counties such as Laos and Myanmar will be achieved through further connection to terrestrially based networks.

"We're honored to partner with our customers and start working on the development and construction of the MCT optical superhighway to deliver state-of-the-art infrastructure which will contribute to the economic growth and development of the Indochina region," said Ma Yanfeng, vice president of Huawei Marine Networks.

The MCT cable system adopts the latest 100G technology with a total design capacity exceeding 30 Terabits per second. The system will be commissioned and ready for commercial service by the end of 2016.

According to a statement released by Telcotech on Monday, the project, estimated to cost some $70 million, when completed will be the first time that Cambodia will be connected to the region by submarine cable.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that his country wanted to see more Chinese investments and a bigger trade volume between the two countries, according to a spokesman. The two countries set a target in 2012 to boost the bilateral trade volume to $5 billion in 2017.