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Airtel’s 2Africa Pearls subsea cable

April 14 , 2025 6 days 125 0
  • Bharti Airtel has brought the submarine cable system 2Africa Pearls to the Indian shores.
  • It will be connecting the country's communication network with Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
  • 2Africa Pearls cable system will bring over 100 tbps (terabits per second) of the international capacity to India.
  • The submarine cables are a key infrastructure that connect countries with each other for broadband services.
  • There are around 650 submarine cable systems across the world, of which 570 are estimated to be operational.
  • Airtel is the landing partner for the 2Africa Pearls cable in India.
  • 2Africa Pearls is a part of the 2Africa cable system will be the world's longest subsea cable system when completed.
  • It will be spanning over 45,000 kilometres connecting Asia to Africa and Europe through the Middle East.

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