UPSC Articles
Undersea cable voyage
Part of: Prelims and GS-III Technology
Context: Bharti Airtel has announced it had joined the SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium to scale up the high-speed network for India’s emerging digital economy, as a major investor.
Key takeaways
- The 19,200 Rkm (route kilometres) SEA-ME-WE-6 will connect Singapore and France.
- It will be among the largest undersea cable system globally.
- The 12 other consortium members of SEA-ME-WE-6 include Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company, Dhiraagu (Maldives), Djibouti Telecom, Mobily (Saudi Arabia), Orange (France), Singtel (Singapore), Sri Lanka Telecom, Telecom Egypt, Telekom Malaysia, and Telin (Indonesia).
- Bharti will co-build four fiber pairs between Singapore – Chennai – Mumbai.
Reliance
- Reliance Jio said it would land its India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) undersea cable system in Maldives.
- The high-capacity and high-speed IAX system will connect Hulhumale directly with World’s major internet hubs in India and Singapore.
- IAX system is expected to be ready for service by the end of 2023.
- The service provider claims that these high capacity and high-speed systems will provide more than 200Tb/s of capacity at speeds of 100Gb/s, over 16,000 kilometers
News Source: TH
