SUBSEA CABLE SYSTEM
NTT CEO on China’s AI shift, India expansion, and future of data centers
NTT DATA CEO Abhijit Dubey highlights China’s AI model DeepSeek's shift toward inferencing hardware. Despite disruptions, NTT maintains its $59 billion global data center investment, expanding in India with a 500MW facility and subsea cable network.
Bharti Airtel shares rise 1% as promoter Indian Continent Investment sells 5.11 crore shares via block deals
Bharti Airtel share price: Shares of Bharti Airtel surged 1% after Indian Continent Investment sold a 0.84% stake for Rs 8,485.11 crore through a block deal. The transaction follows Bharti Telecom's recent stake acquisition, raising its holding to 40.47%. Additionally, Airtel's new submarine cable, SEA-ME-WE 6, is enhancing connectivity through Mumbai and Chennai.
Airtel lands SMW6 undersea cable system on Indian shores
Bharti Airtel has advanced its undersea cable infrastructure by landing the SEA-ME-WE 6 system in India, connecting Mumbai and Chennai to Singapore and France. This addition, alongside partnerships and subsequent integration with Nxtra for enhanced connectivity, highlights India's growing importance in global undersea cable networks, drawing significant investments from major telecom and tech companies.
Bharti Airtel promoter Indian Continent Investment likely to offload 4.82 crore shares via block deals: Report
Bharti Airtel's promoter, Indian Continent Investment, plans to divest 4.82 crore shares (0.8% stake) at a floor price of ₹1,658.80 per share. Bharti Airtel stock closed 2.42% lower at ₹1,675.55 on Monday.
Airtel completes landing of SEA-ME-WE-6 submarine cable in Chennai
Bharti Airtel completed the landing of the SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable system in Chennai, enhancing its network with global connectivity. This system, connecting India to Singapore and France, will boost data capacity and integrate seamlessly with Airtel's data centres, supporting the growing demand for international connectivity and data services.
Meta plans undersea cable project to connect India, US
Meta has announced a multi-billion-dollar investment in an undersea cable project to enhance connectivity in the Indian Ocean region. The project, which will span over 50,000 km and connect five continents, coincides with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit and aims to support India's growing demand for digital services.
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Meta to invest in multi-billion undersea cable project to strengthen global digital highways in the Indian Ocean region
"India intends to invest in maintenance, repair and financing of undersea cables in the Indian Ocean, using trusted vendors," the statement said. The announcement comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been on his two-day visit to the US, where he also met Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Europe’s fragile undersea lifeline is one attack away from chaos. Can a disaster below the surface cripple an entire continent?
Europe’s undersea infrastructure faces increasing disruptions, with gas pipelines, power lines, and data cables under threat. Recent damage to a critical cable between Sweden and Latvia adds to the series of incidents across the Baltic Sea. NATO suspects Russian involvement and has initiated measures to protect these vital networks, emphasizing the serious security risk.
New undersea cables activation in 2025 to push India's data transmission capacity 4x: Trai Chairman
India's data transmission capacity is set to increase fourfold by 2025 with new submarine cables connecting key global markets, according to Trai Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti. The Indian digital economy's contribution to GDP, currently at 12%, is projected to reach 20% by 2026-27, driven by unprecedented data consumption and vast user base.
Submarine optic fibre infra booms as Google, Meta pour in dollars; data rivalry with local telcos in the offing
Google and Meta are heavily investing in submarine fiber optic cables in India, setting up a competition with domestic companies such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Tata Communications. With India's data demand surge, the market for high-speed global connectivity is growing fast, urging enterprises to shift data centres locally for increased sovereignty and security.
Google to build subsea cable linking Australia's Darwin to Christmas Island
Google's vice president of global network infrastructure, Brian Quigley, said in a statement the Bosun cable will link Darwin to Christmas Island, while another subsea cable will connect Melbourne on Australia's east coast to the west coast city of Perth, then on to Christmas Island and Singapore.
Airtel partners with Italy's Sparkle for Blue-Raman subsea cable
Bharti Airtel has partnered with Italy's Sparkle to access capacity on the Blue-Raman Submarine Cable Systems, connecting India and Italy. This collaboration aims to develop new business opportunities in the Indian sub-continent. Airtel had earlier announced partnerships with Meta and STC for extending 2Africa Pearls subsea cables to India, expected to go live this year.
Improved internet quality ahead: New subsea cable routes to widen India’s data highway
India's digital connectivity is set to expand significantly with three major undersea cable projects coming online between October and March: 2Africa Pearls, IndiaAsia-Express (IAX), and India-Europe-Express (IEX). These projects will increase capacity by more than four times, enhancing internet services and supporting advanced technologies like 5G and AI.
Google unveils new subsea cable system to boost internet infrastructure
Called Nuvem and named after the Portuguese word for "cloud," Nuvem will improve network resiliency across the Atlantic, helping meet growing demand for digital services.
NTT launches Chennai hyperscale data centre campus
With the launch of the Chennai 2 Data Center campus, NTT’s data centre footprint in the country has grown to 16 facilities, with more than 3.1 million sq. ft. (288,104.09 m2) and 205 MW of IT power.
Trai backs including two categories of cable landing stations in licenses
Trai has also called on the government to give all CLS-related operations (including associated activities such as layout, maintenance and repairs of subsea cable systems) the status of essential services, given their critical role in the nation’s high-speed connectivity and security needs.
Trai seeks views on ways to attract investments to bring subsea cable systems to India
In its discussion paper, issued Friday evening, Trai said that the DoT, in a reference in August 2022, had voiced concerns that while some Indian international long distance operators (ILDOs) don’t have a stake in consortia owning subsea cables, they still seek home and defence ministry approvals on behalf of the cable consortia for laying/maintaining such cable systems in Indian territorial waters and even applying for setting up landing stations.
Reliance Jio joins global consortium to build undersea cable network
The submarine cable networks are used to connect several countries for flow of internet and telecom services. These high capacity and high-speed systems will provide more than 200 Tbps (terabits per second) of capacity spanning over 16,000 kilometres, according to a statement.
Sistema JSFC reluctant to buy RCom’s subsea cable arm GCX
Sistema JSFC is now keen to buy only RCom’s enterprise business and the nine data centres, which are collectively valued at about $600 million.
Microsoft-Facebook laying high-speed internet cable at the bottom of Atlantic Ocean
Microsoft and Facebook today announced they will work together to lay a high-speed Internet cable across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Microsoft, FB laying trans-Atlantic Internet line
A new, sub-sea "MAREA" cable is expected to be completed by late 2017, with the aim of meeting growing demand by the tech companies.
Microsoft, Facebook to build 6,600 km subsea cable for faster internet
The new "MAREA" cable will help meet the growing demand for high speed, reliable connections and online services for Microsoft, Facebook and their customers.
Microsoft-Facebook laying trans-Atlantic Internet line
From Spain, the data network will link to hubs in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and other parts of Europe, according to the companies.
Security nods for foreign staff at telecoms on hold on technical grounds
DoT note indicates home ministry issued security clearance to 147 foreign nationals engaged by Airtel for maintaining IMEWE & EIG global cable systems
Government plans to establish subsea optic fibre link between Indian Mainland and Andaman Nicobar islands
At present, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Tata Communications run independent submarine cable systems between Chennai and Singapore.
DoT keen to leverage subsea cable links between Chennai and Singapore
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Tata Communications run independent submarine cable systems between Chennai and Singapore.
Reliance Jio, Vodafone join consortium to build undersea cable network
Reliance Jio Infocomm, has teamed up with UK's Vodafone Group Plc and others to build a subsea cable network linking Southeast Asia and Middle East.
Tata Communications upgrades speed on subsea cable system
The implementation will pave the way for further upgrades leading to multi-fold increase in bandwidth availability across Tata Communications' Global Network.
Trai to regulate cable landing charges, amend existing laws
Trai will shortly fix cable landing charges by amending regulations in its bid to increase competition and reduce global bandwidth tariffs.
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