Reliance Jio, Vodafone ally for Bay of Bengal Gateway cable
1 May 2013 2:05 AM GMT
A consortium of global telecom majors, including Reliance Jio Infocomm and Vodafone, on Tuesday signed an agreement for constructing the Bay of Bengal Gateway submarine cable system that will link Malaysia and Singapore to West Asia with connections in India and Sri Lanka.
The cable system is likely to carry commercial traffic by the end of 2014.
‘...consortium members —Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia), Vodafone Group (UK), Omantel (Oman), Etisalat (UAE), Reliance Jio Infocomm (India) and Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka) —signed the construction and maintenance agreement and the supply contract for BBG (Bay of Bengal Gateway) in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday,’ Reliance Industries said in a statement.
Reliance Jio Infocomm is the tower arm of Reliance Industries. The BBG submarine cable system, spanning around 8,000 km, will link Malaysia (through Penang) and Singapore to the Middle East (Oman and United Arab Emirates) with connections reaching out to India (Mumbai and Chennai) and Sri Lanka, it added.
‘The construction of the Bay of Bengal Gateway is planned not only to provide connectivity between South East Asia, South Asia and the West Asia but also to Europe, Africa and to the far East Asia through interconnections with other existing and newly built cable systems landing in India, Middle East and far East Asia,’ it said.
The statement added that BBG will serve as an opportunity for business growth as it will help supporting current and future high capacity requirements from the surrounding areas of the region.
‘The Bay of Bengal Gateway cable system is designed to provide upgradable and transmission facilities by adopting the state-of-the-art 100 Gbps technology,’ the statement added.
BHARTI WILL DISCUSS TOWER LEASING WITH RELIANCE IND TELCOS
Bharti Airtel’s tower arm Bharti Infratel said on Tuesday that it will talk to Reliance Industries’ telecom units to lease out its towers, a top official of the company said on Tuesday.
‘We would definitely be in talks with them, we would like to do more business with them. So as far as we are concerned... they are very credible customer. So we would definitely be in touch with them,’ said Bharti Infratel VC & MD Akhil Gupta.
The cable system is likely to carry commercial traffic by the end of 2014.
‘...consortium members —Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia), Vodafone Group (UK), Omantel (Oman), Etisalat (UAE), Reliance Jio Infocomm (India) and Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka) —signed the construction and maintenance agreement and the supply contract for BBG (Bay of Bengal Gateway) in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday,’ Reliance Industries said in a statement.
Reliance Jio Infocomm is the tower arm of Reliance Industries. The BBG submarine cable system, spanning around 8,000 km, will link Malaysia (through Penang) and Singapore to the Middle East (Oman and United Arab Emirates) with connections reaching out to India (Mumbai and Chennai) and Sri Lanka, it added.
‘The construction of the Bay of Bengal Gateway is planned not only to provide connectivity between South East Asia, South Asia and the West Asia but also to Europe, Africa and to the far East Asia through interconnections with other existing and newly built cable systems landing in India, Middle East and far East Asia,’ it said.
The statement added that BBG will serve as an opportunity for business growth as it will help supporting current and future high capacity requirements from the surrounding areas of the region.
‘The Bay of Bengal Gateway cable system is designed to provide upgradable and transmission facilities by adopting the state-of-the-art 100 Gbps technology,’ the statement added.
BHARTI WILL DISCUSS TOWER LEASING WITH RELIANCE IND TELCOS
Bharti Airtel’s tower arm Bharti Infratel said on Tuesday that it will talk to Reliance Industries’ telecom units to lease out its towers, a top official of the company said on Tuesday.
‘We would definitely be in talks with them, we would like to do more business with them. So as far as we are concerned... they are very credible customer. So we would definitely be in touch with them,’ said Bharti Infratel VC & MD Akhil Gupta.
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