I-ME-WE

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Submarine communications cable I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) is a Script error: No such module "convert".[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]

I-ME-WE Cable Landing Points
Location Operator & Technical Partner
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]

Tata Communications[12]

See also

Other cable systems following a substantially similar route are:

References

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External links

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