Airtel landed the new SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6, or SMW6) submarine cable in Chennai, following the successful cable landing in Mumbai on December 30, 2024.
These cable landings were carried out by SubCom, a leading supplier of subsea fiber optic cable data systems responsible for the engineering, manufacturing, and installation of SEA-ME-WE-6.
The 21,700 Rkm submarine cable system connects India to Singapore and France (Marseille), crossing Egypt through terrestrial cables. This cable system will deliver 220 TBPs of global capacity to India, further enhancing Airtel’s network presence with diversified capacity in the submarine cable system globally.
Sharat Sinha, Director & CEO of Airtel Business, said, “We are delighted to further strengthen our global connectivity by landing one of the largest cable systems into our facilities. This complements our existing network strength of 400,000 Rkms across 50 countries. This also underlines our commitment to address Digital India’s growing demand for global connectivity and data with additional routes, diversity and capacity.”
The cable landing, both in Mumbai and Chennai, will be fully integrated with Airtel’s data center arm, Nxtra by Airtel, at its large facilities in the respective cities.The integration will enable global hyperscalers and businesses in the country to seamlessly access international connectivity and data center services.
As a key member of the consortium of the SEA-ME-WE-6 cable system, Airtel has invested in the core cable and has also co-built a private network of four Fiber Pairs between Singapore, Chennai and Mumbai.
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