Ooredoo Oman has concluded the landing of the Southeast-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system. Installed at its base station in Qalhat, in the Sharqiyah South governorate, the 20,000km cable is being developed as a multi-regional data superhighway that will substantially improve data transmission across affected regions. The SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable has been designed with the latest upgradable 100Gbps technology, enabling an initial system capacity of 24Tbps per second on three fibre pairs.
Jim Maxwell, Ooredoo's chief legal, regulatory and wholesale officer, said the SEA ME WE 5 is a step towards realising the future of international cable systems in terms of capacity, diversity and network access for valued customers. The system will link East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, providing the lowest latency and highest data rates of any fibre-optic system. Construction of the intercontinental undersea cable began in September 2014 and is due to be completed by the end of this year. The project is being developed through a collaboration of 19 leading global players from around the world.
