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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Reliance Jio Joins Global Consortium to Build Undersea Cable Network

Reliance Industries' (RIL) telecom arm Reliance Jio Infocomm, has teamed up with UK's Vodafone Group and a clutch of leading global carriers to build a subsea cable network linking Southeast Asia and the Middle East. This is the second cable deal for RIL which had recently reached an agreement with Bharti Airtel for bandwidth on the latter's i2i submarine cable system that connects Chennai to Singapore. Reliance Jio is also the only Indian telecom operator to participate in the submarine cable system consortium. 

Involvement in building the proposed submarine cable system is strategic to Reliance Jio Infocomm's long-term broadband ambitions as it prepares to launch fourth-generation (4G) services later this year. "The 8,000-km Bay of Bengal Gateway, or 'BBG', undersea cable system linking Malaysia and Singpapore with the Middle East will have connections to India and Sri Lanka," RIL said on Tuesday. The cable system is slated to carry commercial traffic by end-2014, the company added. 
Other members of the global consortium include Telekom Malaysia, Omantel, Etisalat and Sri Lanka-based Dialog Axiata. The proposed BBG subsea cable system will also extend to Europe, Africa and the far East through interconnections with other existing and newly built cable systems landing in India and Middle East. 
"It will serve as an extraordinary opportunity for business growth as it will help supporting current and future high (band
width) capacity requirements from surrounding areas of the region as well as nextgen internet applications," said RIL. Construction of this undersea cable system is a clear indication of growing demand for bandwidth in participating countries. "The markets are expected to see strong growth with the continuous efforts in embracing broadband technologies and infrastructure expansion," added the company statement. 
Reliance Jio Infocomm is the sole Indian telco with a nationwide 4G permit to offer high-speed wireless broadband services which are expected to be launched later this year. The company has tied up with Samsung, Huawei and ZTE for 4G radio gear for its launch. But the end devices using LTE 4G technology in the 2,300 MHz frequency are still few and far between.

System will link Southeast Asia and Middle East with connection points in India, Lanka

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