Airtel brings subsea cable to Indian shores, will connect to Africa, Europe

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has brought submarine cable system 2Africa Pearls to Indian shores, connecting the country’s communication network with Africa, Europe and West Asia, the company said on Thursday.

2Africa Pearls cable system will bring over 100 tbps (terabits per second) of international capacity to India, it said.

“We are thrilled to bring the 2Africa Pearls cable to India, adding to our network resilience. We are aggressively diversifying our global network and recently landed the SEA-WE-ME-6 cable in Chennai and Mumbai.