Arabian Gulf, Arabian Sea & West Indian Ocean

IN SERVICE CABLES
India - UAE In-Service: November, 1987
Mumbai, India -- Fujairah, UAE - 1964 km at 1380 channels
Maintenance Authorities: VSNL, Etisalat
SEA-ME-WE 2 (Part)
South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 2 In-Service: 1994
Jakarta, Indonesia -- Singapore -- Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Mumbai, India -- Djibouti -- Aden, Yemen -- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Alexandria, Egypt - 18,000 km at 2 x 560 Mb/s
Maintenance Authorities: Indosat, Singtel, SLT, VSNL, STID, Yemen, MOPTT, Telecom Egypt
FLAG (part)
Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe In-Service: 1997
Segment E (Alexandria, Egypt - Port Said, Egypt)
Segment X1 (Alexandria, Egypt - Port Said, Egypt - Suez, Egypt)
Segment F1 (BU7 - Suez, Egypt)
Segment F3 (BU7 - Aqaba, Jordan)
Segment F2 (BU7 - BU2)
Segment F4 (BU2 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
Segment G (BU2 - BU3)
Segment H (BU3 - Fujairah, UAE)
Segment J (BU3 - Mumbai, India)
Segment K (Mumbai, India - BU4) ? km at 2 x 5 Gb/s
Landing Parties: Telecom Egypt, Jordan, MOPTT, Etisalat, VSNL
FOG
Fibre Optic Gulf In Service: December 1998
Fujairah, UAE -- Qatar -- Bahrain -- Kuwait - 1,300 km at 5Gb/s
Maintenance Authorities: Etisalat, Qtel, Batelco, MOC Kuwait
SEA-ME-WE-3
South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 3 In-service: February 1999
Segment S6: Djibouti, Djibouti -- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Suez, Egypt - approx. ? km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s (upgradable to 8 x 2.5 Gb/s)
Maintenance Authorities: STID, MOPTT, Telecom Egypt
In-service: June 1999
Segment S4: Tuas, Singapore -- Medan, Indonesia -- Penang, Malaysia -- Satun, Thailand -- Pyapon, Myanamar -- Mt. Lavinia, Sri Lanka -- Cochin, India -- Mumbai, India - approx. ? km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s (upgradable to 8 x 2.5 Gb/s)
Maintenance Authorities: Singtel, Indosat, TM, CAT, MPT, SLT, VSNL

In-service: June 1999
Segment S5: Mumbai, India -- Karachi, Pakistan -- Muscat, Oman -- Fujairah, UAE -- Djibouti, Djibouti - approx. ? km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s (upgradable to 8 x 2.5 Gb/s)
Maintenance Authorities: VSNL, PTCL, GTO, Etisalat, STID

RFPA: 1 June 1999
Segment S7: Suez, Egypt -- Alexandria, Egypt - approx. ? km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s (upgradable to 8 x 2.5 Gb/s)
Maintenance Authorities: Telecom Egypt

PLANNED CABLES
SAT-3
South Atlantic 3 Planned: post 2000
South Africa -- Europe
Maintenance Authorities: Telkom SA
SAFE
South Africa - Far East
(Updated 31 August 2000, Telkom S.A. Ltd.)
RFPA: 29 Sept 2001
Cape Town, South Africa -- Mauritius -- Reunion – Cochin, India, Penang, Malaysia – approx. 14,000 km at 40 Gb/s
Maintenance Authorities: Telkom S.A. Ltd., Mauritius Telecom, France Telecom, Telekom Malaysia, VSNL
OUT OF SERVICE CABLES
SAT-1
South Atlantic 1 In-Service: 1969, Out-of-Service: 1993. Years of Service: 24
360 x 4kHz channels
Maintenance Authorities: Telkom SA, ?
SEA-ME-WE "C"
South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe Segment "C"
(Information updated 28 July 2000 - Telstra)
In-Service: Jun 1986, Out of Service June 1999. Years of service: 13
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Djibouti - 2995 km at 1080 Channels
Maintenance Authorities: OTS, OPT