I-ME-WE
I-ME-WE | |
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Owners: Consortium | |
Total length | 12,091 km |
Design capacity | 5.6 Tbit/s |
Technology | DWDM |
Date of first use | 2010 |
I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) is a 12,091-kilometre (7,513 mi)[1] submarine communications cable system linking Europe and India via the Middle East. At launch, the design capacity was 3.84 Tbit/s, but after upgrades by Mitsubishi Electric in 2016, the new design capacity was rated at 5.6 Tbit/s.[2] The cable entered service in December 2010.[3]
The cable consists of three fiber pairs, one of which is a terrestrial link connecting Alexandria and Suez in Egypt. The contract for construction and maintenance of the cable was awarded to Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), supported by NEC as subcontractor, at a total cost of US$480 million.[4]
Landing points and operators
The IMEWE consortium comprises nine telecom companies across eight countries.[4]
Location | Operator & Technical Partner |
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Marseille, France | Orange S.A[5] |
Catania, Italy | Telecom Italia Sparkle[3] |
Tripoli, Lebanon | Ogero[6] |
Alexandria, Egypt Suez, Egypt | Telecom Egypt[7] |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Telecom Company[8] |
Fujairah, UAE | Etisalat by e&[9] |
Karachi, Pakistan | Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited[10] |
Mumbai, India | Bharti Airtel[11] |
See also
Other cable systems following a substantially similar route are:
- Europe-India Gateway (EIG)
- FLAG Europe Asia
- SEA-ME-WE 3
- SEA-ME-WE 4
- SEA-ME-WE 5
References
- ^ "Alcatel-Lucent to build undersea cable". Business Standard. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ "MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC News Releases Mitsubishi Electric to Upgrade IMEWE Cable System". www.mitsubishielectric.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b "IMEWE submarine cable launched for Commercial use | Sparkle". www.tisparkle.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b "IMEWE - Submarine Networks". www.submarinenetworks.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "France Telecom-Orange Lights IMEWE". LightReading. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "IMEWE cable goes live in Lebanon after a long wait - Edge Middle East". Edge Middle East. 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "About TE". Telecom Egypt. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "STC leads in submarine cable projects in Mideast". Saudigazette. 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "ANALYSIS: Fujairah SmartHub aiming to spark Middle East growth". Capacity Media. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Work on high-capacity sub cable completed". The Nation. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Airtel launches IMEWE cable system". www.telecompaper.com. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "New India-Middle East-Europe submarine cable launched". Hindustan Times. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
External links
- Official website
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