Undersea Cables To India

[mgcarley]

GBICS (Gulf Bridge International Cable System) will be RFS by the end of 2011. GBI (GBI - Home) is a newly formed carrier neutral company that is not related to any Telco nor to any consortium of Telco's in the world. This brand new fiber optic cable connects India (Mumbai) to all of the Gulf region countries and then on to Europe. The system is designed to carry up to 5 Tbps on certain segments.

Oh yeah, forgot about Sify. That will make 7 wholesale players, up from 3 ~18 months ago. This is a good thing. A very good thing.

 

[amar]

GBICS (Gulf Bridge International Cable System) will be RFS by the end of 2011. GBI (GBI - Home) is a newly formed carrier neutral company that is not related to any Telco nor to any consortium of Telco's in the world. This brand new fiber optic cable connects India (Mumbai) to all of the Gulf region countries and then on to Europe. The system is designed to carry up to 5 Tbps on certain segments.

Right. >> International network map::

 

[audioslave]

I feel more companies should invest in submarine cables and create some competition. Telecom Giants Like TATA,Airtel are looting Selling bandwidth at high prices because there is no competitor for them. By Now pacnet,Sify Cables should have been working by now. It's Time for the companies like You telecom,MTNL, Railtel,Hathway to Invest.

 

[mgcarley]

I feel more companies should invest in submarine cables and create some competition. Telecom Giants Like TATA,Airtel are looting Selling bandwidth at high prices because there is no competitor for them.
By Now pacnet,Sify Cables should have been working by now.
It's Time for the companies like You telecom,MTNL, Railtel,Hathway to Invest.

You're aware of how much these things cost, yeah?

 

[audioslave]

yes Around USD $300-400 Million For a long cable.

 

[mgcarley]

yes Around USD $300-400 Million For a long cable.

Which most of these companies do not really have spare and/or they also may not have a license to operate an International gateway.

 

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[audioslave]

May be. But Some thing can be done by existing companies. you have told us you may buy a cable to USA (in Future) They can do it now Jointly Some how!

 

[mgcarley]

May be. But Some thing can be done by existing companies. you have told us you may buy a cable to USA (in Future) They can do it now Jointly Some how!

Sure, when I have that kind of money to spare, I'd love to have our own subsea cable - I was thinking India-US via Aussie & NZ - latency may be there perhaps but it's an otherwise uncongested route.

 

[audioslave]

Even I'd Love to own a cable to Europe. Not Going to Happen. Simple!