SeaMeWe-5 Submarine Cable

Specifications

Length	20,000 km
Status	In Service
Ready for Service	2017
End of Service	2042
Capacity	24.0 Tbps
Fiber Pairs	3
Supplier	NEC
Landing Points	18
Countries	16

Owners

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) China Mobile China Telecom China Unicom Djibouti Telecom Myanmar Post and Telecommunication (MPT) Ooredoo Orange Singtel Sparkle Sri Lanka Telecom TeleYemen Telecom Egypt Telekom Malaysia Telkom Indonesia Transworld center3 du

Landing Points (18)

Location	Country	Position
Abu Talat, Egypt	EG Egypt	31.0718°, 29.7025°
Al Hudaydah, Yemen	YE Yemen	14.7978°, 42.9545°
Catania, Italy	IT Italy	37.5116°, 15.0674°
Dumai, Indonesia	ID Indonesia	1.6656°, 101.4476°
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	AE United Arab Emirates	25.1217°, 56.3337°
Haramous, Djibouti	DJ Djibouti	11.5737°, 43.1617°
Karachi, Pakistan	PK Pakistan	24.8894°, 67.0285°
Kuakata, Bangladesh	BD Bangladesh	21.8167°, 90.1166°
Marmaris, Turkey	TR Turkey	36.8552°, 28.2537°
Matara, Sri Lanka	LK Sri Lanka	5.9408°, 80.5399°
Medan, Indonesia	ID Indonesia	3.7521°, 98.6761°
Melaka, Malaysia	MY Malaysia	2.2732°, 102.2209°
Ngwe Saung, Myanmar	MM Myanmar	16.8580°, 94.3912°
Qalhat, Oman	OM Oman	22.7000°, 59.3667°
Toulon, France	FR France	43.1253°, 5.9303°
Tuas, Singapore	SG Singapore	1.3382°, 103.6471°
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia	SA Saudi Arabia	24.0706°, 38.1070°
Zafarana, Egypt	EG Egypt	29.1167°, 32.6499°

About the SeaMeWe-5 Cable System

South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 connects Singapore to France via the Middle East, serving as a critical internet backbone between Asia and Europe.

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