BSNL and MTNL will invest nearly Rs 18 billion for the proposed submarine cable between India and Singapore.

BSNL and MTNL will reportedly invest nearly Rs 18 billion for the proposed submarine cable between India and Singapore.

Analysts say the cost is four times that of other cable systems on the same route. At present, the Bharti Tele Ventures-owned i2i, the consortium cable system SEA-ME-WE-4 and the Tata Indicom Chennai-Singapore cable provide service on this route.

The BSNL-MTNL cable would have an initial capacity of 20 Gbps, and a fully lit-up capacity of 320 Gbps, which will be equipped with twin pair optical fibre threads (a total of four optical fibres). It will function on a dense wavelength division multiplex system with repeaters.