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has an international connectivity of 5,737 circuits |
The benefits of this optical
fibre cable system are that it will support Public Telephone
Networks (PSTN), IP Broadband services, International Private
Leased Circuits (IPLC) and Multi Media traffic between India
and Sri Lanka. BSNL has the opportunity to reach the world through
a further routing of their traffic unserver via Sri Lanka.
SEA-ME-WE 4
SLT was unanimously nominated
as the Chair of the Finance and Administrative Committee of
the SEA-ME-WE 4 undersea optical fibre cable project. Thus,
the Company has been given responsibility for securing this
US$ 500 million project, with its own investment being US$ 30
million on behalf of 16 international partners. SLT built, maintains
and hosts the website for the SEA-ME-WE 4 undersea cable consortium.
Expected to go on-line in the third quarter of 2005, the SEA-ME-WE
4 project which is an alliance of Sri Lanka and fifteen other
international partners, the new cable will allow Sri Lanka to
benefit from the new backbones enhanced quality and bandwidth.
This undersea optical fibre cable will span 20,000 km between
East and West, landing in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh,
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and France.
SEA-ME-WE 4 will be the next generation in fibre optics, revolutionising
connectivity as bandwidth capacity leaps from 80 Gigabits to
1.32 Terabits per second, with a 25-year guaranteed life span
on the technology.
This spells speed, better connectivity, enhanced products and
services and significantly enhanced competitive advantages. |
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