I-ME-WE

I-ME-WE
Owners:
Consortium
Total length12,091 km
Design capacity5.6 Tbit/s
TechnologyDWDM
Date of first use2010

I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) is a 12,091-kilometre (7,513 mi)[1] submarine communications cable system linking Europe and India via the Middle East. At launch, the design capacity was 3.84 Tbit/s, but after upgrades by Mitsubishi Electric in 2016, the new design capacity was rated at 5.6 Tbit/s.[2] The cable entered service in December 2010.[3]

The cable consists of three fiber pairs, one of which is a terrestrial link connecting Alexandria and Suez in Egypt. The contract for construction and maintenance of the cable was awarded to Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), supported by NEC as subcontractor, at a total cost of US$480 million.[4]

  1. ^ "Alcatel-Lucent to build undersea cable". Business Standard. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  2. ^ "MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC News Releases Mitsubishi Electric to Upgrade IMEWE Cable System". www.mitsubishielectric.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  3. ^ "IMEWE submarine cable launched for Commercial use | Sparkle". www.tisparkle.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  4. ^ "IMEWE - Submarine Networks". www.submarinenetworks.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.