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SEA-ME-WE 4
Submarine communications cable system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) is an optical fibre submarine communications cable system that carries telecommunications between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and France.[1]
Quick Facts Cable type, Construction beginning ...
Cable type | Fibre-optic |
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Construction beginning | 2004 |
Construction finished | 2005 |
Design capacity | 1.28 Tbit/s (2005) 2.8 Tbit/s (2010) 4.6 Tbit/s (2015) |
Lit capacity | 2.3 Tbits/s/pair (two fibre pairs) |
Owner(s) | Consortium |
Website | www.seamewe4.net |
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The cable is approximately 18,800 kilometres long, and provides the primary Internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe.[1][2]