CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Bharti Airtel 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a statement, Airtel said it has joined SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium to scale up the high-speed network for India’s emerging digital economy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tata Communications Limited (TCL) owned Tata Indicom Cable (TIC), Singapore’s first fully Indian-owned, undersea fiber-optic cable. The TIC cable is 100 percent owned, operated and maintained by TCL. The 3,175 km cable lands in Chennai in India and in Changi in Singapore.

Detailed explanation-4: -India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) and India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) - the world’s largest submarine cable system - are expected to be ready between 2023 and 2024.

Detailed explanation-5: -Notes: Indian Telecom operator Reliance Jio is constructing the largest international submarine cable system centred on India with global partners and submarine cable supplier Subcom.