Airtel Brings 2Africa Pearls Cable to India, Expanding Connectivity With Africa and Europe Through Middle East
Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has successfully landed the 2Africa Pearls cable in the country, connecting India to Africa, and Europe via the Middle East. 2Africa Pearls brings over 100 tbps (terabits per second) of international capacity to India. Airtel is the landing partner for the 2Africa Pearls cable in India. This is in partnership with the 2Africa Pearls슬롯사이트� investors -- center3 and Meta.
New Delhi, March 27: In a boost to India슬롯사이트™s digital growth ambitions, Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has successfully landed the 2Africa Pearls cable in the country, connecting India to Africa, and Europe via the Middle East.
2Africa Pearls brings over 100 tbps (terabits per second) of international capacity to India. With this investment, Airtel has further diversified its global network to support India슬롯사이트™s digital growth ambitions.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Airtel Lands 2Africa Pearls Cable in India To Boost Global Connectivity With 100Tbps Capacity, Connecting Africa and Europe via Middle East.
Airtel Lands 2Africa Pearls in India
슬롯사이트œWe are thrilled to bring the 2Africa Pearls cable to India adding to our network resilience. We are aggressively diversifying our global network and recently landed the SEA-WE-ME-6 cable in Chennai and Mumbai,슬롯사이트� said Sharat Sinha, Director and CEO슬롯사이트“Airtel Business.
슬롯사이트œWe will continue investing in global cable systems and future-proof our network with an aim to deliver high uptime, reliability, and superior quality network to our customers,슬롯사이트� he added.
Airtel is the landing partner for the 2Africa Pearls cable in India. This is in partnership with the 2Africa Pearls슬롯사이트� investors -- center3 and Meta. 2Africa Pearls is a part of the 2Africa cable system, which will be the world's longest subsea cable system when completed, spanning over 45,000 kms connecting Asia to Africa and Europe through the Middle East.
Airtel슬롯사이트™s global network spans 400,000 Rkms (route kms) across 50 countries and five continents. The company has investments in 34 cables globally with some of the recent ones including 2Africa, Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 (SJC2) and Equiano.
Apart from these cables that connect India to key regions like APAC, Europe, the Middle East and US, Airtel슬롯사이트™s global subsea network investments also include large cable systems like i2i Cable Network (i2icn), Europe India Gateway (EIG), IMEWE, SEA-ME-WE-4, AAG, Unity, EASSy, Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable), among many others.
India already plays a key role in the global subsea cable network, with around 17 international subsea cables connected to 14 landing stations across Mumbai, Chennai, Cochin, Tuticorin and Trivandrum. Indian telecom giants such as Tata Communications, Bharti Airtel, Global Cloud eXchange and BSNL operate these critical infrastructures.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Telecom Fraud: DoT Disconnects Over 3.4 Crore Mobile Connections, Blocks 3.19 Lakh IMEI Numbers, Disengages 16.97 WhatsApp Accounts Through Sanchar Saathi Portal.
Recently, Bharti Airtel landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable in Chennai, strengthening its international connectivity. Global tech giant Meta has also announced 'Project Waterworth,' a 50,000 km undersea cable initiative connecting India with the US, Brazil, and South Africa, reinforcing the country슬롯사이트™s growing importance in global digital networks.
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