SEA-ME-WE 5

SEA-ME-WE-5
Connectivity from SEA-ME-WE 5
Cable type	Fiber optic cable
Landing points	17 or 18 landing points
overall length	20,000 km
technology	Wavelength division multiplexing
speed	24 Tbit / s

SEA-ME-WE 5 or South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 5 is a submarine cable that connects Europe and Asia . SEA-ME-WE 5 is the fifth of a family of several similarly named large submarine cables to connect Europe with Asia. Forerunners are SEA-ME-WE 3 and SEA-ME-WE 4 .

Building history

The laying of the cables began on September 22, 2014 and the work was completed on February 28, 2017.

operator

The operators form a consortium of 19 telecommunications companies. They include:

Companies	country
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL)	Bangladesh
China Mobile International (CMI)	People's Republic of China
China Telecom Global (CTG)	People's Republic of China
China United Network Communications Group Company Limited (CU)	People's Republic of China
Djibouti Telecom	Djibouti
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)	United Arab Emirates
Myanmar Post and Telecom (MPT)	Myanmar
Ooredoo	Qatar
orange	France
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin)	Indonesia
Saudi Telecom Company (STC)	Saudi Arabia
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel)	Singapore
Sparkle	Italy
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT)	Sri Lanka
Telecom Egypt (TE)	Egypt
Telecom Malaysia Berhad (TM)	Malaysia
TeleYemen	Yemen
Turk Telekom International (TTI)	Turkey
Trans World Associates (Pvt) Limited Pakistan (TWA)	Pakistan

Landing points

Location and landing points of the SEA-ME-WE-5 submarine cable

The cable has 17 or 18 landing points in 15 or 16 countries (the status of Mumbai is unclear) and on four continents.

1. Toulon , France
2. Catania , Italy
3. Marmaris , Turkey
4. Abu Talat , Egypt
5. Zafarana , Egypt
6. Yanbu , Saudi Arabia
7. Djibouti , Djibouti
8. Qalhat , Oman
9. Kalba , United Arab Emirates
10. Karachi , Pakistan
11. ( Mumbai , India )
12. Matara , Sri Lanka
13. Kuakata , Bangladesh
14. Pathein , Myanmar
15. Medan , Indonesia
16. Malacca , Malaysia
17. Dumai , Indonesia
18. Tuas , Singapore

Web links

• The official project website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Construction of SEA-ME-WE 5 to commence. Singtel, September 22, 2014, accessed June 1, 2017 . 
2. ↑ SLT partnered SEA-ME-WE 5 Consortium Completes Matchless Subsea Cable System. Sri Lanka Telecom, February 28, 2017, accessed June 1, 2017 . 
3. ↑ About SEA-ME-WE 5. seamewe5.com, accessed on June 1, 2017 (English). 
4. ↑ A RELIABLE POP-TO-POP CABLE SYSTEM CONNECTING SOUTHEAST ASIA, MIDDLE EAST and WESTERN EUROPE. (PDF) seamewe5.com, May 13, 2015, accessed June 1, 2017 (English). 
5. ↑ SEA-ME_WE-5. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .