SEA-ME-WE 6
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Bharti Airtel has landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6) submarine cable in Chennai. -
Orange has announced that the SEA-ME-WE 6 system which links France to Singapore has landed in Marseille.
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Submarine cables are all about connecting different parts of the world. As a historical hub between east and west, the Middle East region has long been a crossing point for the world’s undersea connectivity – particularly through Egypt, which runs many cables through its territory.
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Yue Meng Fai, chairperson of the SEA-ME-WE 6 consortium, talks to Saf Malik about the cable’s progress and its importance to the telecoms industry.
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China's top three telcos are reportedly planning on building a new $500 million subsea cable to rival the previously announced SEA-ME-WE-6 subsea cable system.
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Amid rising tensions between China and the US, China Telecom and China Mobile have withdrawn their investment in the SEA-ME-WE 6 subsea cable.
Forthcoming events
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tower sales to contract announcements and the use cases for 6G.
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SubCom and the SEA-ME-WE 6 consortium confirm that contract is in force and it has started the supply and installation of the SEA-ME-WE 6 subsea cable.
