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07/12/22 05:24 AM IST

Meta, Airtel to jointly invest in telecom infrastructure

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  • Bharti Airtel and Meta have decided to jointly invest in global connectivity infrastructure project that would extend the 2Africa Pearls.
2Africa Pearls
  • The 2Africa Pearls is one of the largest subsea cable systems in the world. Its purpose is to provide faster internet connectivity to over 3 billion people by connecting Africa, Europe, and Asia.
  • When this 37,000-km-long subsea cable was launched in 2020, it connected 23 countries.
  • In 2021, the tech giant Meta announced a new segment of 2Africa Pearls in collaboration with regional partners.
  • The extension project seeks to cover landing locations in Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Pakistan, India, and Saudi Arabia.
  • The extension will increase the total length of the 2Africa cable system to more than 45,000 km, making it the world’s longest subsea cable system.
About the collaboration
  • Bharti Airtel will collaborate with Meta and Saudi Telecommunication Company to extend 2Africa Pearls to India.
  • The project involves the extension of the subsea cable to Airtel’s landing station in Mumbai and pick up the dedicated capacity to further boost its submarine network portfolio.
  • Bharti Airtel currently owns three cable landing stations – two in Chennai and one in Mumbai.
  • The extension of 2Africa will enhance the connectivity of fixed-line broadband internet in India.
  • It will significantly improve the country’s cable capacity and empower global hyper-scalers and businesses to build new integrated solutions.
  • In February 2022, the Bharti Airtel boarded the SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium to expand its high-speed network capacity.
Source- Indian Express

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