SEA-ME-WE 6
Cable type | Submarine Fibre-optic |
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Predecessor | SEA-ME-WE, SEA-ME-WE 2, SEA-ME-WE 3, SEA-ME-WE 4, SEA-ME-WE 5 |
Design capacity | 120 Tbit/s |
Area served | South East Asia, Middle East Asia, Western Europe |
Owner(s) | Consortium |
South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE 6) is an in progress optical fibre submarine communications cable system that would carry telecommunications between Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe. It is estimated to cost between $65 million and US$72 million.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Bangladesh, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, the UAE, Djibouti, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, France, Myanmar and Yemen are members of the SEA-ME-WE-6 Consortium.[7] It will run from Singapore to France and will have a bandwidth of 120 Tbps.[8] Once completed, It will be 19,200 km long.[9] Work on SEA-ME-WE 6 began in early 2022. It is expected to be operation in the first quarter of 2025.[10][11]
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- ^ Baldock, Harry (2022-02-21). "Work begins on SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable". Totaltelecom. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
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