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UAE-based telecom major Etisalat has launched a high-capacity fibre optic submarine cable stretching from India to Europe in collaboration with eight other global telecom players.
The 13,000-km three pair fibre optic cable, named IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), has a design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second, connecting India to Italy and France via the Middle East, with landings en route in Pakistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon.
The IMEWE consortium comprises nine major telecom companies—Bharti Airtel (India), Etisalat (UAE), France Telecom-Orange (France), OGERO (Lebanon), Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (Pakistan), Saudi Telecom Company STC,(Saudi Arabia), Telecom Egypt (Egypt), Telecom Italia Sparkle (Italy), and Tata Communications (India).
IMEWE is the third major submarine cable operational between India and Europe after SMW3 and SMW4 and is expected to play a major role in meeting ever growing bandwidth requirement of Indian subcontinent and Middle East to Europe and beyond
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