Cable type | Submarine Fibre-optic |
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Predecessor | SEA-ME-WE, SEA-ME-WE 2, SEA-ME-WE 3, SEA-ME-WE 4[1] |
Construction beginning | 24 September 2014[2] |
Construction finished | 15 December 2016[3] |
Design capacity | 36.6 Tbit/s (12.2 Tbit/s per fiber pair)[4] |
Landing points | Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Djibuti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Turkey, France |
Area served | South East Asia, Middle East Asia, Western Europe |
Owner(s) | Consortium |
Website | www |
South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) is an optical fibre submarine communications cable system that carries telecommunications between Singapore and France.[5]
The cable is approximately 20,000 kilometres long and provides broadband communications with a design capacity of 24 Tbit/s (over 3 fiber pairs) between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe.[6]
The portion from France to Sri Lanka was constructed by Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) and the portion from Sri Lanka to Singapore by NEC.[7] Construction commenced on 6 June 2014 and completed in December 2016.[1][8][5] An official launch event was held in Honolulu, Hawaii on 16 January 2017.[9]
The design capacity was upgraded from 24 Tbit/s to 36.6 Tbit/s in September 2019 using Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme 300G technology.[10]
Location | Operator & Technical Partner |
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Toulon, France | Orange S.A.[11] |
Catania, Italy | Telecom Italia Sparkle[12] |
Marmaris, Turkey | Turk Telekom[13] |
Abu Talat, Egypt
Zafarana, Egypt |
Telecom Egypt[14] |
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Telecom Company[15] |
Al Hudaydah, Yemen | TeleYemen[16] |
Haramous CLS, Djibouti | Djibouti Telecom[17] |
Qalhat, Oman | Ooredoo Oman[18] |
Fujairah, UAE | du EITC[19] |
Karachi, Pakistan | Transworld Associates[20] |
Matara, Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Telecom[21] |
Ngwe Saung, Myanmar | Myanma Posts and Telecommunications[22] |
Kuakata, Bangladesh | Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited[22] |
Medan, Indonesia
Dumai, Indonesia |
Telkom Indonesia[23] |
Malacca, Malaysia | Telekom Malaysia Berhad[24] |
Tuas, Singapore | Singtel[25] |