India-Middle East-Europe submarine cable launched
Thursday, 30 December 2010, 07:01 IST
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Dubai: A consortium of nine leading global telecom players, including India's Tata Communications, has launched a new high capacity, state-of-the-art fibre-optic submarine cable between India and Europe via the Middle East, which will benefit broadband users along the route. The three-pair fiber-optic cable, named IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), has a design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second, and is the?most advanced cable connecting India in South Asia to Italy and France in Western Europe via the Middle East, traversing Pakistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and? Lebanon along the way, a statement from UAE-based telecom giant Etisalat said. The IMEWE consortium comprises of nine major telecom companies: 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).
Source: PTI
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