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I-ME-WE

Submarine communications cable system between India and France

Summary

Submarine communications cable system between India and France

Field	Value
cable_name	I-ME-WE
owners	Consortium
technology	DWDM
design_capacity	5.6 Tbit/s
length	12,091 km
first_use_date	2010

I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) is a 12091 km submarine communications cable system linking Europe and India via the Middle East. At launch, the design capacity was 3.84 Tbit/s, but after upgrades by Mitsubishi Electric in 2016, the new design capacity was rated at 5.6 Tbit/s. The cable entered service in December 2010.

The cable consists of three fiber pairs, one of which is a terrestrial link connecting Alexandria and Suez in Egypt. The contract for construction and maintenance of the cable was awarded to Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), supported by NEC as subcontractor, at a total cost of US$480 million.

Landing points and operators

The IMEWE consortium comprises nine telecom companies across eight countries.

Location	Operator & Technical Partner
Marseille, France	Orange S.A
Catania, Italy	Telecom Italia Sparkle
Tripoli, Lebanon	Ogero
Alexandria, Egypt	Telecom Egypt
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Telecom Company
Fujairah, UAE	Etisalat by e&
Karachi, Pakistan	Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited
Mumbai, India	Bharti Airtel

References

(2008-02-13). "Alcatel-Lucent to build undersea cable". Business Standard.
"MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC News Releases Mitsubishi Electric to Upgrade IMEWE Cable System".
"IMEWE submarine cable launched for Commercial use {{!}} Sparkle".
"IMEWE - Submarine Networks".
(2010-12-14). "France Telecom-Orange Lights IMEWE".
(2011-07-06). "IMEWE cable goes live in Lebanon after a long wait - Edge Middle East". Edge Middle East.
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(2012-07-24). "STC leads in submarine cable projects in Mideast".
(2013-08-29). "ANALYSIS: Fujairah SmartHub aiming to spark Middle East growth".
(2010-12-12). "Work on high-capacity sub cable completed".
(2010-12-10). "Airtel launches IMEWE cable system".
(2010-12-29). "New India-Middle East-Europe submarine cable launched".

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