Etisalat, a UAE-based telecom operator has joined hands with eight global telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications, to launch a 13,000 km fibre optic submarine cable.
According to a statement released by Etisalat, the cable stretches from India to Europe and is named IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe). It has a design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second, connecting India to Italy and France via Middle East, with landings enroute in Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia , Egypt and Lebanon.
The IMEWE consortium comprises of nine telecom companies: Bharti Airtel (India), Etisalat (UAE), France Telecom-Orange (France), OGERO (Lebanon), Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (Pakistan), Saudi Telecom Company STC,(Saudi Arabia), Telecom Egypt (Egypt), Telecom Italia Sparkle (Italy), and Tata Communications (India), the statement added.
