A consortium of nine telecom operators announced the commercial launch of fibre-optic submarine cable IMEWE (India- Middle East- Western Europe).
IMEWE, the 13000 kilometer long three-pair fiber optic cable, which is the third such submarine cable operational between India and Europe after SMW3 and SMW4, has a design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second.
It connects India in South Asia to Italy and France in Western Europe via the Middle East with landings enroute in Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon.
The IMEWE consortium comprises of telcos such as Bharti Airtel (India), Etisalat (UAE), France Telecom-Orange (France), OGERO (Lebanon), Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (Pakistan), Saudi Telecom Company STC (Saudi Arabia), Telecom Egypt (Egypt), Telecom Italia Sparkle (Italy), and Tata Communications (India).
©CIOL Bureau
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