Bharti Airtel joins SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium as major investor; anchoring 20% investment
Bharti Airtel said it has joined the ‘SEA-ME-WE-6’ undersea cable consortium in a bid to scale up its high-speed global network capacity to serve India’s fast-growing digital economy. Airtel will be the major investor in the SEA-ME-WE-6. It shall be anchoring 20 percent of the overall investment in the cable system, which will go live in 2025. SEA-ME-WE-6 stands for South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6. Through SEA-ME-WE-6, Airtel will be able to add 100 TBps capacity to its global network.