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Economic Times
03-06-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Tata Communications announces TGN-IA2 subsea cable linking Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan to enhance connectivity
TIL Creatives Representative Image Tata Communications, on Tuesday, announced the TGN-IA2 subsea cable system to enhance connectivity for businesses across Asia. The cable connects Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan and complements the existing TGN-IA cable system by offering interconnections to other regions. The system is constructed by the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) consortium, of which, half-a-fibre pair is fully operated and managed by Tata Communications. This allows the company to independently manage capacity upgrades and make faster provisioning for customers. The ADC is a global consortium of leading communications and technology companies, including NT (Thailand), China Telecom, China Unicom, PLDT Inc., Singtel, SoftBank Corp., Tata Communications and multi-terabits capacity TGN-IA2 cable is expected to significantly enhance data transfer capabilities and offer diverse, scalable bandwidth solutions to hyperscalers, multinational corporations, and telecom Communications operates multiple terabytes of capacities across its 500,000+ km round-the-globe subsea optical fibre network. This includes TGN-TIC, TGN-EA (Eurasia), TGN-Gulf, TGN-P (Pacific), TGN-A (Atlantic) and others. The Asia-Pacific region, particularly Southeast Asia, is now a global data transmission hub, with growing subsea investments from companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. The region is witnessing a rapid build-out of hyperscale data centres, and submarine cables are critical to ensuring low-latency, high-throughput links between these to Telegeography, the global demand for international bandwidth is growing at over 30% annually, and Asia accounts for a significant share of this surge. Countries like India, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines are now key landing points for such cables, facilitating digital trade and cloud infrastructure has recently seen large commitments in this space. For instance, Google is set to commission its Blue-Raman submarine cable system in Mumbai this year. Last month, Meta announced the 'Waterworth' project—the world's longest subsea cable connecting five continents with landings in India. Japan's NTT Data is also set to commission MIST - its first submarine cable system connecting Malaysia, India, Singapore and Thailand, entailing a total investment of $400 million. Meanwhile, telecom operator Bharti Airtel has landed SEA-ME-WE-6 and 2Africa Pearls cables on Indian shores this year. Reliance Jio is also set to commission the India-Asia-Express (IAX) and India-Europe-Express (IEX) submarine cable systems, expanding the country's existing capacity significantly.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Tata Communications announces TGN-IA2 subsea cable linking Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan to enhance connectivity
Tata Communications , on Tuesday, announced the TGN-IA2 subsea cable system to enhance connectivity for businesses across Asia. The cable connects Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan and complements the existing TGN-IA cable system by offering interconnections to other regions. The system is constructed by the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) consortium, of which, half-a-fibre pair is fully operated and managed by Tata Communications. This allows the company to independently manage capacity upgrades and make faster provisioning for customers. The ADC is a global consortium of leading communications and technology companies, including NT (Thailand), China Telecom, China Unicom, PLDT Inc., Singtel, SoftBank Corp., Tata Communications and Viettel. The multi-terabits capacity TGN-IA2 cable is expected to significantly enhance data transfer capabilities and offer diverse, scalable bandwidth solutions to hyperscalers, multinational corporations, and telecom operators. Tata Communications operates multiple terabytes of capacities across its 500,000+ km round-the-globe subsea optical fibre network. This includes TGN-TIC, TGN-EA (Eurasia), TGN-Gulf, TGN-P (Pacific), TGN-A (Atlantic) and others. Live Events The Asia-Pacific region, particularly Southeast Asia, is now a global data transmission hub, with growing subsea investments from companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. The region is witnessing a rapid build-out of hyperscale data centres , and submarine cables are critical to ensuring low-latency, high-throughput links between these facilities. According to Telegeography, the global demand for international bandwidth is growing at over 30% annually, and Asia accounts for a significant share of this surge. Countries like India, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines are now key landing points for such cables, facilitating digital trade and cloud infrastructure deployment. India has recently seen large commitments in this space. For instance, Google is set to commission its Blue-Raman submarine cable system in Mumbai this year. Last month, Meta announced the 'Waterworth' project—the world's longest subsea cable connecting five continents with landings in India. Japan's NTT Data is also set to commission MIST - its first submarine cable system connecting Malaysia, India, Singapore and Thailand, entailing a total investment of $400 million. Meanwhile, telecom operator Bharti Airtel has landed SEA-ME-WE-6 and 2Africa Pearls cables on Indian shores this year. Reliance Jio is also set to commission the India-Asia-Express (IAX) and India-Europe-Express (IEX) submarine cable systems, expanding the country's existing capacity significantly.
WIRED
19-02-2025
- Business
- WIRED
Meta Will Build the World's Longest Undersea Cable
Feb 19, 2025 6:19 AM Meta's Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa. Meta has presented the Waterworth Project, an initiative aimed at building a 50,000-kilometer undersea cable that will provide internet connectivity in five continents. The company seeks to strengthen control over the management of its services and guarantee the necessary infrastructure for the development of its products, especially those based in artificial intelligence. Submarine cables support more than 95 percent of intercontinental internet traffic. 'Project Waterworth will be a multibillion dollar, multiyear investment to strengthen the scale and reliability of the world's digital highways by opening three new oceanic corridors with the abundant, high-speed connectivity needed to drive AI innovation around the world,' the company said in a post about the undertaking. The project was first reported last fall by entrepreneur Sunil Tagare. The interoceanic cable will be longer than the circumference of the Earth, making it the longest in the world, according to the company. It will have landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, South Africa, and other strategic locations. The company suggests that the construction of this network will bring significant opportunities in the AI space, particularly in the Indian market. "In India, where we've already seen significant growth and investment in digital infrastructure, Waterworth will help accelerate this progress and support the country's ambitious plans for its digital economy," the compay's post reads. Last week, President Donald Trump and India's prime minister Shri Narendra Modi issued a joint statement on cooperation between the two countries. The document includes commitments on undersea technologies and mentions Project Waterworth. "Supporting greater Indian Ocean connectivity, the leaders also welcomed Meta's announcement of a multibillion, multiyear investment in an undersea cable project that will begin work this year and ultimately stretch over 50,000 km to connect five continents and strengthen global digital highways in the Indian Ocean region and beyond," the statement released by the White House said. The new undersea network will use a cable architecture with 24 fiber pairs and routing designed to maximize deep-water routing, reaching up to 7,000 meters. Meta claims to have improved its burial techniques in high-risk areas, such as shallow near-shore waters, to reduce the risk of damage from ship anchors and other external factors. Meta's ecosystem, which includes services such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, by some accounts comprises as much as 10 percent of fixed traffic and 22 percent of mobile traffic globally. Over the past decade, the company has developed more than 20 undersea cables in collaboration with various partners. Waterworth would be the first project to be fully owned by the company. With this initiative, Meta will compete directly with Google, which has around 33 undersea cable routes, some of them exclusively owned, according to the specialist firm TeleGeography. Other technology companies such as Amazon and Microsoft are also investing in this sector, although they only own shared interests or acquire capacity on existing cables. This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.
Saba Yemen
19-02-2025
- Business
- Saba Yemen
Meta announces longest submarine cable in world!
London - Saba: Meta announced its plans to establish the longest submarine cable in the world, extending 50,000 kilometers, despite growing concerns about cyber attacks on digital infrastructure under the sea. According to the British newspaper "Daily Mail", the project is called Waterworth, and will connect the United States, India, South Africa and Brazil, making it a global project spanning 5 continents. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Al Bawaba
15-02-2025
- Business
- Al Bawaba
Meta plans to build the world's longest submarine cable
ALBAWABA - Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, the American multinational technology company, announced the construction of the world's longest submarine cable to spread artificial intelligence (AI) services on a global scale. Meta's Waterworth project The famous tech company officially announced the launch of its new project, Waterworth. The project aims to build a global submarine cable spanning 50,000 kilometers, making it the world's longest. Notably, Meta plans to invest over $10 billion in the project's infrastructure, aiming to control its operations and services efficiently and rapidly through the submarine cables. Additionally, the company is focusing on enhancing global digital infrastructure and supporting artificial intelligence data centers and cloud services. Waterworth project will enhance global digital infrastructure and support artificial intelligence data centers and cloud services. (Shutterstock) According to Meta, the new submarine cable project will connect five continents. Delivery points will be established in the United States, Brazil, India, South Africa, and other countries. Experts explained that the new Waterworth project will feature 24 pairs of optical fibers, installed using the latest techniques and technologies. The cables can efficiently operate in deep waters up to 7,000 meters. It is worth mentioning that India is collaborating with the US on this major project, as India has announced its financial contribution to the building, maintenance, and repair of submarine cables in the Indian Ocean.
