Reliance Jio Is Linking India To A New 100Gbps Undersea Cable To Expand The Country's Internet

India's Internet capacity will soon be bumped up!

Reliance Jio Infocomm has announced the launch of a new project for an undersea cable, that will stretch from Marseille in France to Hong Kong, with landing point all across Asia and Europe.

Image courtesy: AAE-1

The Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) cable system will be the longest 100Gbps submarine cable and will eventually stretch over 25,000 km of the ocean floor, with a minimum design capacity of 40 Tbps. The massive project is the combined work of a partnership between leading telecom service providers across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including Reliance Jio. It¡¯ll have Points of Presence (interface points) in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as three onward connectivity option in Europe via France, Italy, and Greece. AAE-1 will also interface with other cable systems and fiber networks to deliver direct access to all global markets.

Until now, Tata Communications was the only telecom company in India to be maintaining an undersea internet cable, which we got to see. It¡¯s so far been responsible for the majority of India¡¯s global Internet traffic. Reliance Jio is now officially a major competitor in the Gigabit broadband supply market, so it¡¯s not yet clear if Tata¡¯s cable is one of those the AAE-1 will sync with.

¡°The new terabit capacity and 100Gbps direct connectivity to global content hubs and interconnection points ensure that Jio will continue to offer its customers the most exceptional high speed internet and digital service experience,¡± Jio President Mathew Oommen said. ¡°We are excited to participate in the launch and deliver the cable landing in Mumbai at the time when India¡¯s data traffic continues its accelerated data consumption and growth.¡±

Reliance Jio will provide the network operations and management for AAE-1 in India, using their state of the art facility in Navi Mumbai.