19,500km Submarine Cable Being Built Between Singapore & France

• 24 March 2022
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Work has begun on a 19,200km submarine cable system connecting 12 countries between Singapore and France, reported Global Construction Review reported on 23 March.

Known as Southeast Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE 6), the cable system will be able to convey 100Tb/s, the equivalent of 40,000 high-definition videos a second, compared with 38Tb/s for its last predecessor.

The system is divided into three segments: an undersea section from Tuas in Singapore to Ras Ghareb in Egypt, an overland section from Ras Ghareb to Port Said in Egypt, and an undersea segment to Marseilles of France.

The project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2025.

The project is being organised by a consortium made up of the telecoms companies along the route, including those based in Singapore, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Egypt and France.

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