Bharti Airtel the 2Africa Pearls cable in the country, connecting India to Africa, and Europe via the Middle East, the telecom service provider said in a statement.
2Africa Pearls is a part of the 2Africa subsea cable system, which when completed will span over 45,000 kilometres connecting Asia to Africa and Europe through the Middle East.
Airtel is the landing partner for the 2Africa Pearls cable in India in partnership with Saudi Arabia based digital infrastructure provider center3 and Meta.
“We are aggressively diversifying our global network and recently landed the SEA-WE-ME-6 (South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6) cable in Chennai and Mumbai. We will continue investing in global cable systems and future-proof our network with an aim to deliver high uptime, reliability, and superior quality network to our customers,” Sharat Sinha, director and chief executive – Airtel Business, said.
Airtel’s global network spans 400,000 Rkms (route kilometres) across 50 countries and five continents. The company has investments in 34 cables globally with some of the recent ones including 2Africa, Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 (SJC2) and Equiano.
2Africa Pearls will bring over 100Tbps (terabits per second) of international capacity to India.
The 2Africa cable system is led by a consortium of Bayobab, center3, China Mobile International, Meta, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone Group, and WIOCC, while Alcatel Submarine Networks is responsible for manufacturing and installation of the cable.
