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This week, a consortium comprising PCCW Global, Sparkle, Telecom Egypt, and ZOI have announced plans to construct a new submarine cable system spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe.
The AAE-2 subsea cable will connect Hong Kong and Singapore to Italy, with the journey notably including a number of high-capacity terrestrial crossings through Thailand, the Arabian Peninsula, and Egypt.
Many of the details typically supplied during the announcement of a new submarine cable – length, landing points, capacity, number of fibre pairs, estimated deployment date, etc – were notably absent from the announcement, suggesting the project is still in the very early stages.
The cable will, however, feature “strategic extensions to additional key destinations across its route”, according to a joint press release.
The system will seemingly serve as an upgrade to the Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable, which was built by a consortium of operators in 2017. The AAE-1 system follows a broadly similar route to the AAE-2, but does not feature terrestrial corridors.
“With AAE-2, we are taking a further step forward, contributing to the creation of a distinctive infrastructure that combines terrestrial and subsea solutions to deliver secure, high-capacity and lowlatency connectivity in support of the digital transformation of businesses and communities worldwide,” said Enrico Bagnasco, Chief Executive Officer of Sparkle.
The deal is the second major submarine cable announcement this month, after Google signed a deal with the Chilean government to deploy a cable across the South Pacific to connect the country to Australia.
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