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
