Back سي مي وي 4 Arabic সি-মি-উই ৪ Bengali/Bangla SEA-ME-WE 4 German SEA-ME-WE 4 Spanish SEA-ME-WE 4 French SEA-ME-WE 4 ID SEA-ME-WE 4 Italian SEA-ME-WE 4 Dutch SEA-ME-WE 4 Polish සී-මී-වී-4 Singhalese
| Cable type | Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| Construction beginning | 2004 |
| Construction finished | 2005 |
| Design capacity | 1.28 Tbit/s (2005) 2.8 Tbit/s (2010) 4.6 Tbit/s (2015) |
| Lit capacity | 2.3 Tbits/s/pair (two fibre pairs) |
| Owner(s) | Consortium |
| Website | www.seamewe4.net |
South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) is an optical fibre submarine communications cable system that carries telecommunications between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and France.[1]
The cable is approximately 18,800 kilometres long, and provides the primary Internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe.[1][2]
- ^ a b "About Us". SEA-ME-WE4 Network Administration System. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited. 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "About SEA-WE-ME 4". South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4. Sri Lanka Telecom. Archived from the original on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2008-01-31.