Europe India Gateway
| Europe India Gateway (EIG) | |
|---|---|
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Owners: 18 companies | |
| Total length | 15,000 km |
| Design capacity | 3.84 terabits per second |
| Date of first use | February 2011 |
Europe India Gateway (EIG) is a submarine communications cable system to connect the U.K., Portugal, Gibraltar, Monaco, France, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and India.[1]
Organization and owners
It is about 15,000 kilometres long.[1] It is capable of delivering up to 3.84 terabits per second.[2] The cable system is built by both Alcatel-Lucent[2] and TE Subcom (Formerly known as Tyco) and was scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2010.[2] The EIG is the first direct high-bandwidth optical fibre system from Britain to India.
The cable system was invested in by 18 companies,[3] including: AT&T; Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited; Bharti Airtel; BT Group; Cable & Wireless Worldwide; Djibouti Telecom; Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co. (du); Gibtelecom; The Libyan International Telecommunications Company; Mauritius Telecom; Monaco Telecom; MTN Group; Omantel; PT Comunicações, S.A.; Saudi Telecom Company; Telecom Egypt; Telkom SA, and Verizon Business. The construction of the cable will cost $700 million.[4]
Outage
In March 2013, the EIG cable was cut near Egypt.[5] A few days later the I-ME-WE and SEA-ME-WE 4 cable was also cut near Egypt, supposedly by divers.[6]
Cable landing points
EIG has cable landing points at:[7][8]
- Bude, UK
- Sesimbra, Portugal
- Gibraltar
- Marseille,[9] France
- Monaco
- Tripoli, Libya
- Alexandria, Egypt then overland to Suez, Egypt, then submarine again
- Jeddah Saudi Arabia
- Djibouti
- Muscat, Oman
- Fujairah,[10] United Arab Emirates
- Mumbai,[11] India
See also
Other cable systems following a substantially similar route are:
External links
References
- 1 2 "Sixteen Telcos Invest $700M In EIG Cable System" (Press release). Lloyd's / Dow Jones Newswires. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- 1 2 3 "Alcatel-Lucent to Help Build Underwater EIG Cable". Technology Marketing Corporation. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ "du invests in $700m Europe India Gateway undersea cable system" (Press release). du. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ↑ Europe-India Gateway submarine cable launched Deccan Herald, Feb 24, 2011
- ↑ Cable snap off Egypt coast to slow down internet traffic ENS Economic Bureau : New Delhi, Sat Mar 30 2013
- ↑ Kirk, Jeremy (2013-03-27). Sabotage suspected in Egypt submarine cable cut. ComputerWorld, 27 March 2013
- ↑ Europe India Gateway main web page
- ↑ EIG on Greg's Cable Map
- ↑ "India to get first direct cable link to the UK". iTWire. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ "Du joins submarine cable consortium". Egypt.com. 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ "Seamless Interconnection". Telecom and Networking Communications Today/ADI Media Pvt. Ltd. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
