NEC has signed a contract with the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) consortium. The SEA-ME-WE 5 system will span 20,000 km from Singapore to Europe, and will deliver ultra-broadband capacity and faster access to consumers and businesses. NEC will deploy the segment from Singapore to Sri Lanka,
NEC has signed a contract with the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) consortium. The SEA-ME-WE 5 system will span 20,000 km from Singapore to Europe, and will deliver ultra-broadband capacity and faster access to consumers and businesses. NEC will deploy the segment from Singapore to Sri Lanka, while co-contractor Alcatel-Lucent the segments from Sri Lanka to France.
The SEA-ME-WE 5 system will deliver a design capacity of 24 Tbps. The system will span 20,000 km connecting Singapore to France via Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Djibuti, Yemen, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Italy.
The consortium includes Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company (BSCCL), China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du), Orange, Myanmar Post and Telecom (MPT), Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin), Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Sri Lanka Telecom, Telekom Malaysia, Telecom Italia Sparkle, TOT, and Yemen International Telecommunications (TeleYemen).
SEA-ME-WE 5 is scheduled for completion by early 2016.