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5: Connections around the world

OWNERSHIP
AIRTEL(BHARTI), BANGLADESH TELEGRAPH
AND TELEPHONE BOARD (BTTB),
COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF
THAILAND, ETISALAT, ORANGE, PAKISTAN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD., PT
INDONESIA SATELLITE CORP., SAUDI
TELECOM, SINGTEL, SRI LANKA TELECOM,
TATA COMMUNICATIONS, TELECOM EGYPT,
TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE, TELEKOM
MALAYSIA, TELSTRA, TUNISIA TELECOM and
VERIZON.

CABLE LENGTH

•Approx. 18,800km between Tuas, Singapore to
Marseille, France.
•Segment; S1 : Tuas – Mumbai, S2 : Mumbai –
Suez, S3 : Suez – Cairo, S4 : Cairo – Marseille
•Segment 1 by Fujitsu 8000km (Singapore-India)

SYSTEM CAPACITY

•The cable consist of 2 fiber pairs & design
capacity 1.28 Tbps equivalent to 8192 STM-1
(15.48 million simultaneously active telephone
channels). Capacity has been increased from
1.28 Tbps in 2005, 2.8 Tbps in 2010 and 4.6
Tbps in 2015, 12.8 Tbps.

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