Reliance Jio would utilise dedicated fibre pair on Bharti’s i2i submarine cable between India and Singapore to get direct access and ultra-fast connectivity to major hubs across Asia Pacific region
Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL), a subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) has collaborated with Bharti Airtel to use the telecom services provider's submarine cable that connects India and Singapore.
“Reliance Jio will utilize a dedicated fibre pair on i2i. The high-speed link will enable Reliance Jio to extend its network and service reach to customers across Asia Pacific region. It will connect Reliance Jio directly to the world’s major business hubs and ISPs, thereby, helping the operator to meet the bandwidth demand and provide ultra-fast data experience to its customers,” the company said in a release.
i2i, the submarine cable owned by Bharti Airtel connects India to Singapore. The cable consists of eight fibre pairs using DWDM, capable of supporting multiple terabits of capacity per fibre pair. Its landing points are at Chennai in India and Tuas in Singapore.
Bharti's global footprint includes ownership of i2i submarine cable system connecting Chennai to Singapore, consortium ownership of SMW4 submarine cable system connecting Chennai and Mumbai to Singapore and Europe, and new cable system investments like Asia America Gateway (AAG), India Middle East & Western Europe (IMEWE), Unity, EIG (Europe India Gateway) and East Africa Submarine System (EASSy). It also has terrestrial express connectivity to neighbouring countries including Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and China.
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