Arabian Gulf Cable Database Page

Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea & West Indian Ocean

This page was last updated on 30 January 2011

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Note: Cables listed by In-Service date

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India - UAE	In-Service: November, 1987 Mumbai, India -- Fujairah, UAE - 1964 km at 1380 channels Maintenance Authorities: VSNL, Etisalat
FLAG Europe Asia (FEA) (Updated 26 August 2010 Reliance Globalcom)	In-Service: January 1997 Multiple segment system with 7 branching units - Porthcurno, UK -- Estepona, Spain -- Palermo, Sicily -- Alexandria, Egypt -- Port Said, Egypt -- Suez, Egypt -- Aqaba, Jordan -- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Fujairah, UAE -- Mumbai, India -- Ban Pak Para, Thailand -- Penang, Malaysia -- Songkla, Thailand -- Lantau, Hong Kong -- Koeje, South Korea -- Nanhui, China -- Miura, Japan -- Ninomiya, Japan - 2 fibre pairs - 24,675 km Maintenance Authority: Reliance Globalcom
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
TWA-1 (Updated Omantel 28 August 2010 )	In-Service: January 2006 Karachi, Pakistan -- Fujairah, UAE -- Al-Seeb, Oman - 1,299 km at 10 Gb/s (Upgradable to 64 channels per pair at 10 Gb/s). Maintenance Authority: Omantel
FLAG FALCON (Updated 26 August 2010, Reliance Globalcom)	In-Service: 2006 - 2007 Al Seeb, Oman -- Chabahar, Iran -- Mumbai, India -- Khasab, Oman -- Dubai, UAE -- Doha, Qatar -- Manama, Bahrain -- Al Khubart, Saudi Arabia -- Kuwait City, Kuwait -- Bandar Abbas, Iran -- Al Seeb, Oman -- Suez, Egypt -- Al Ghaidah, Yemen -- Al Hudaydah, Yemen -- Port Sudan, Sudan -- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Trivandrum, India -- Columbo, Sri Lanka -- Hulhumale, Maldives -- Malé, Maldives - 11,898 km Most segments 2 fibre pairs. Two segments 4 fibre pairs. Maintenance Authority: Reliance Globalcom
LION Lower Indian Ocean Network (Updated 30 January 2011, Mauritius Telecom)	In-Service: 2009 - 2010 Terre Rouge, Mauritius -- Sainte Marie, Reunion -- Toamasina, Malagasy Republic - 1091 km - 2 fibre pairs at 10 Gb/s. Maintenance Authorities: Mauritius Telecom, France Telecom, Orange Madagascar
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India - Middle East - Western Europe (IMEWE) (Updated Tata, 26 August 2010 )	Planned In-Service: 2010 Mumbai (1), India -- Mumbai (2) India -- Karachi, Pakistan -- Fujairah, UAE -- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Suez, Egypt -- Alexandria, Egypt -- Tripoli, Lebanon -- Catania, Italy -- Marseilles, France - 11,500 km - 3 fibre pairs at 3.84 Tb/s (Design Capacity). Maintenance Authorities: Tata Communications, Bharti Airtel, Etisalat, FT, STC, PTCL, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia Sparkle, Ogero Telecom.
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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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