Reliance launches Falcon cable
Reliance Communications Ltd on Tuesday launched commercial operations of its 2.56 TB undersea cable connecting the Middle East region with India.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Reliance Communications Ltd on Tuesday launched commercial operations of its 2.56 TB undersea cable connecting the Middle East region with India in an effort to provide bandwidth to end-users like IT, BPO and international voice telephony companies.
The whopping capacity of 2.56 terabit Falcon submarine cable system connects 11 countries and four continents as its stretches 11,859 km from Mumbai to Egypt. It covers Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where Falcon is expected to bring down the bandwidth costs.
Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who inaugurated the cable system, said: "Falcon heralds a new era in the telecom landscape of the country by providing a cost-effective source of international bandwidth.
"The initiatives of Reliance and others will provide healthy competition and robust growth. The Carriers will further bring down their tariff in line with the prevailing market prices. The benefits would soon be experienced by Indian enterprises and consumers."
Reliance is pitted against Bharti and VSNL in the bandwidth space.
"The availability of high quality international connectivity would catalyse the broadband revolution and at the same time boost the vistas of the burgeoning ITeS and BPO enterprises" said Maran.
He also asked the ambassadors of the middle east countries connected through the Falcon cable, present on the occasion, to work together to bring dowen the landing costs.
Landing costs of submarine cables passing through these countries in middle east are considered to be high. Falcon has 14 landing stations.
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