Reliance Globalcom, the submarine cable arm of Reliance Communications? (RCOM), has activated its Hawk sub-sea cable system in Egypt and has integrated it with the company?s global network.
The cable integration will enable additional capacity of 20 terabits in the Mediterranean region and will result in Falcon, another submarine cable owned by RCOM, to carry 20 terabits between Europe and India and Europe and West Asia.
The integration will enhance Hawk?s capability to carry five million high definition quality interactive video channels simultaneously. The cable system will also help increasing the bandwidth for broadband users in India and West Asia as it will serve 2.4 billion people in the region connected on the RCOM network.
RCOM built the Hawk cable system, in 2012. The under sea cable system serves two routes – one express route connecting Marseille in France and Alexandria in Egypt and another local route to Yeroskipos in Cyprus.
Commenting on the activation of the undersea cable system, Punit Garg, president and chief executive officer, Reliance Globalcom, says, ?Our existing customer base of over 37,000 corporates in India and over 1,400 corporates in Europe and the US, along with over 200 carrier customers will immensely benefit from this lowest latency network between India, Middle East, Europe and US.?
