Tech Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Pradeep Pandey
Updated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 03:25 PM IST
Summary
The IAX system will leave Mumbai in the west and connect India directly to Singapore as well as Malaysia and Thailand. India-Europe-Express (IEX) system will connect Mumbai with Milan, Italy
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Speaking at the launch of Maldives’ first international cable, Uzz Fayyaz Ismail, Minister of Economic Development of Maldives said, “This is the first step towards enhancing our connectivity infrastructure and providing secure, affordable and high quality services. Will provide vast opportunities for our people. We aim to diversify our economy and establish ourselves as a major communication hub in South Asia.”
Matthew Oommen, Chairman, Reliance Jio, expressed happiness over working with the Maldivian government and Jio, saying, “Today’s global economy is driven by better broadband, which connects people, businesses, content and services. IAX not only Not only will it connect the Maldives to the content hubs of the world, it will also support the high demand for data arising out of several new initiatives being launched by the Maldivian government.”
The IAX system will leave Mumbai in the west and connect India directly to Singapore as well as Malaysia and Thailand. The India-Europe-Express (IEX) system will connect Mumbai with Milan, Italy and also the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. The IAX is expected to be ready for service in late 2023, while the IEX will be ready for service in mid-2024.
These high-capacity and high-speed systems will deliver over 16,000 km/s of capacity, over 200Tb/s at speeds of 100Gb/s. IEX and IAX together will make the telecom infrastructure very strong, this will be the biggest and most important change of the decade in the telecom sector.