Arabian Gulf Cable Database Page

Arabian Gulf, Arabian Sea & West Indian Ocean

This page was last updated on 12 July 2007

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India - UAE	In-Service: November, 1987 Mumbai, India -- Fujairah, UAE - 1964 km at 1380 channels Maintenance Authorities: VSNL, Etisalat
FLAG (part) Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe	In-Service: 1997 Segment E (Alexandria, Egypt - Port Said, Egypt) Segment X1 (Alexandria, Egypt - Port Said, Egypt - Suez, Egypt) Segment F1 (BU7 - Suez, Egypt) Segment F3 (BU7 - Aqaba, Jordan) Segment F2 (BU7 - BU2) Segment F4 (BU2 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) Segment G (BU2 - BU3) Segment H (BU3 - Fujairah, UAE) Segment J (BU3 - Mumbai, India) Segment K (Mumbai, India - BU4) ? km at 2 x 5 Gb/s Landing Parties: Telecom Egypt, Jordan, MOPTT, Etisalat, VSNL Maintenance Authority: FLAG Telecom
FOG Fibre Optic Gulf	In Service: December 1998 Fujairah, UAE -- Qatar -- Bahrain -- Kuwait - 1,300 km at 5Gb/s Maintenance Authorities: Etisalat, Qtel, Batelco, MOC Kuwait
SEA-ME-WE-3 South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 3 (Seg S4 updated 21 October 2002, Singtel)	In-service: February 1999 Segment S6: Djibouti, Djibouti -- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Suez, Egypt - approx. ? km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s (upgradable to 8 x 2.5 Gb/s) Maintenance Authorities: STID, MOPTT, Telecom Egypt In-service: June 1999 Segment S4: Tuas, Singapore -- Medan, Indonesia -- Penang, Malaysia -- Satun, Thailand -- Pyapon, Myanamar -- Mt. Lavinia, Sri Lanka -- Cochin, India -- Mumbai, India - approx. 7115 km at 8 x 2.5 Gb/s Maintenance Authorities: Singtel, Indosat, TM, CAT, MPT, SLT, VSNL In-service: June 1999 Segment S5: Mumbai, India -- Karachi, Pakistan -- Muscat, Oman -- Fujairah, UAE -- Djibouti, Djibouti - approx. ? km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s (upgradable to 8 x 2.5 Gb/s) Maintenance Authorities: VSNL, PTCL, GTO, Etisalat, STID RFPA: 1 June 1999 Segment S7: Suez, Egypt -- Alexandria, Egypt - approx. ? km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s (upgradable to 8 x 2.5 Gb/s) Maintenance Authorities: Telecom Egypt
SAT-3 South Atlantic 3 (Updated 27 April 2004, PT Comunicações)	In-service: April 2001 Melkbosstrand, South Africa -- Luanda, Angola -- Libreville, Gabon -- Douala, Cameroon -- Lagos, Nigeria -- Cotonou, Benin -- Accra, Ghana -- Abidjan, Ivory Coast -- Dakar, Senegal -- Alta Vista, Gran Canary Island -- Chipiona, Spain -- Sesimbra, Portugal - 13000 Km at 2x10 Gb/s Maintenance Authorities: Telkom SA, PT Comunicações, Telefonica, Sonatel, Angola Telekom, CIT, Ghana Telecom, Camtel, Nitel, OPT Gabon, OPT Benin
SAFE South Africa - Far East (Updated Telkom SA 20 March 2002 )	In-Service: April 2002 Cape Town, South Africa -- Durban, South Africa -- St. Paul, Reunion -- Baie Jacotet, Mauritius -- Cochin, India -- Penang, Malaysia - 11,428 km at 130 Gb/s Maintenance Authorities: Telkom SA, Mauritius Telecom, France Telecom, VSNL, TM
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	No planned cables listed.
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SEA-ME-WE 2 (Part) South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 2 (Updated FT 12 July 2007)	In-Service: 1994, Out-of-Service: October 2006, Years of Service: 12 Jakarta, Indonesia -- Singapore -- Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Mumbai, India -- Djibouti -- Aden, Yemen -- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Alexandria, Egypt - 18,000 km at 2 x 560 Mb/s Maintenance Authorities: Indosat, Singtel, SLT, VSNL, STID, Yemen, MOPTT, Telecom Egypt
SAT-1 South Atlantic 1	In-Service: 1969, Out-of-Service: 1993. Years of Service: 24 360 x 4kHz channels Maintenance Authorities: Telkom SA, ?
SEA-ME-WE "C" South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe Segment "C" (Information updated 28 July 2000 - Telstra)	In-Service: Jun 1986, Out of Service June 1999. Years of service: 13 Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Djibouti - 2995 km at 1080 Channels Maintenance Authorities: OTS, OPT

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