21/06/2016 06:49 AST
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company (Ooredoo) has successfully landed a submarine cable that will speed up access for its customers to online TV and gaming. Submarine cable, Southeast-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5), was installed at its base station in Qalhat in the governorate of Ash Sharqiyah South.
The 20,000 kilometre cable is being developed as multi regional data superhighway that substantially improves the data transmission across affected regions, Ooredoo said in a press release.
The core system of the SEA-ME-WE 5 is designed to span from Singapore to France & Italy in the most optimised route with parties connecting into the core system, providing the lowest latency and highest data rates of any fibre optic system.
It will cross countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Pakistan, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey.
Cable has been designed with the latest upgradable 100Gbps technology, enabling an initial system capacity of 24Tbps per second on 3 fibre pairs.
“This state-of-the-art system will cater to the quadrupling of bandwidth demand for intensive applications, such as enterprise data exchange, internet TV and online gaming between Europe and Asia,” Press release added.
Jim Maxwell, Ooredoo Chief Legal, Regulatory and Wholesale Officer, said that the SEA ME WE 5 is a step towards realising the future of international cable systems in terms of capacity, diversity and network access for
their customers.
State-of-the-art
“We believe that with SEA-ME-WE 5 state-of-the-art technology, connectivity with the rest of the world will become a reality, contributing to the social and economic progress and integration of all included regions,” the official added.
Construction of the intercontinental undersea cable began in September 2014 and is due to be completed by the end of this year. The project is being developed through a collaboration of 19 leading global players from around the world.
SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable systems relies on a strong commitment, proven financial stability and recognized technical know-how from its consortium members, enjoying the highest level of flexibility in utilizing their capacity entitlement over the system. This project includes 19 international operators, to name some: Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL),China Mobile International Limited (CMI), Djibouti Telecom SA (Djibouti Telecom), Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du), Egypt Telecom (TE), Orange, Myanmar Post and Telecom (MPT), Ooredoo Qatar, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin), Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel), Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT), Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Telecom Italia Sparkle (TI Sparkle), Türk Telekom International (TTI) and Trans World Associates Limited (TWA).
The system terminates at carrier neutral POPs in Singapore, Italy & France for cross connecting with other cable systems, interconnecting with other carrier and acquire services in a competitive environment.
Times of Oman
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