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Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries Ltd, said on Monday it has invested in a 8,100km undersea cable link, called the Bay of Bengal Gateway.
The new cable, which Reliance Jio has invested in as part of its broadband plans, provides direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia by partnering with existing cable systems, the company said in a press statement on Monday.
The company already owns and operates an undersea cable landing facility in Chennai that connects India to the rest of the world.
On 31 March, chairman Mukesh Ambani said Reliance Industries had made an initial investment of Rs..1.5 trillion in Reliance Jio, which is set to commercially launch its much-delayed 4G mobile phone and digital services—from news, entertainment, payment, business, healthcare and education—in the second half of 2016.
Bay of Bengal Gateway is owned by a group of global telecom operators such as Dialog Axiata of Sri Lanka, Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates, Omantel of Sultanate of Oman, Reliance Jio Infocomm of India, Telekom Malaysia Bhd of Malaysia and Vodafone of the UK.
According to Mathew Oommen, president of Reliance Jio, Bay of Bengal Gateway “offers not just direct connectivity in and out of India through Chennai and Mumbai but also acts as a state-of-the-art 100 Gbps extension of Jio’s 100 Gbps (Gigabits per second) core network.”
Reliance Jio invests in 8,100km undersea cable network - Livemint
The new cable, which Reliance Jio has invested in as part of its broadband plans, provides direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia by partnering with existing cable systems, the company said in a press statement on Monday.
The company already owns and operates an undersea cable landing facility in Chennai that connects India to the rest of the world.
On 31 March, chairman Mukesh Ambani said Reliance Industries had made an initial investment of Rs..1.5 trillion in Reliance Jio, which is set to commercially launch its much-delayed 4G mobile phone and digital services—from news, entertainment, payment, business, healthcare and education—in the second half of 2016.
Bay of Bengal Gateway is owned by a group of global telecom operators such as Dialog Axiata of Sri Lanka, Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates, Omantel of Sultanate of Oman, Reliance Jio Infocomm of India, Telekom Malaysia Bhd of Malaysia and Vodafone of the UK.
According to Mathew Oommen, president of Reliance Jio, Bay of Bengal Gateway “offers not just direct connectivity in and out of India through Chennai and Mumbai but also acts as a state-of-the-art 100 Gbps extension of Jio’s 100 Gbps (Gigabits per second) core network.”
Reliance Jio invests in 8,100km undersea cable network - Livemint
