Transworld has announced an expansion of SEA-ME-WE 6 to its submarine cable portfolio, which will be operational in Q1 2025.
The Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE 6) underwater cable system runs 19,200 kilometres between Singapore and France, connecting Pakistan with a number of nations.
SEA-ME-WE 6 will have one of the lowest latencies between Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe, with a transfer rate of over 100 Tbps, or the equivalent of 40,000 high-definition films per second.
Trans World Associates, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (India), Dhiraagu (Maldives), Djibouti Telecom, Mobily (Saudi Arabia), Orange (France), Singtel (Singapore), Sri Lanka Telecom, Telecom Egypt, Telekom Malaysia, and Telin are among the members of the SEA-ME-WE 6 consortium (Indonesia).
“To satisfy constantly increasing demand for bandwidth and to play a vital role in the next era of 5G, Transworld has joined the SEA-ME-WE 6 consortium to create the latest state-of-the-art high-capacity underwater cable system,” stated Mr. Kamran Malik, President of Transworld.
SEA-ME-WE 6, in conjunction with SEA-ME-WE 5 and Transworld’s 100 percent owned private cable TW1, will provide resilient, strong, and redundant network access to our clients, as well as increased flexibility and reliability. Transworld is well positioned to preserve its position as the preferred operator in the post-5G era.”
Through trans-new Egypt’s geo diverse crossings and landing places, SEA-ME-WE 6 adds a layer of diversity and resilience to the high traffic density route between Asia and Europe, improving each consortium partner’s total network.
Because of the increased flexibility, the consortium’s service providers may quickly scale capacity, safeguard traffic from failures, and minimise the total cost of network ownership.