Dialog says submarine cable will give high speeds
Sri Lanka Dialog says submarine cable will give high speeds
Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata which is in a consortium of telecom firms that is building a submarine cable system running from Malaysia to the Middle East through South Asia said it would increase international connections.
"Dialog’s investment in a submarine cable system leads on from our aggressive commitment to deliver the fastest and most advanced telecommunications technology to Sri Lanka.." group chief executive Hans Wijayauriya said in a statement.
The 'Bay of Bengal' submarine cable will run from Singapore and Malaysia to the UAE and Oman via Sri Lanka and India. Dialog, Malaysia Telekom, UK's Vodafone, India's Reliance, Omantel and UAE's Etisalat are project partners.
Wijayasuriya said Dialog wanted to make telecommunications affordable and accessible to all Sri Lankans.
Dialog has recently started fourth generation mobile and fixed services. It also has a fibre optic network within the country.
"Our investment in a cable landing station and submarine connectivity to the global internet will infuse further speed and capacity to our broadband offerings spanning enterprise, retail and wholesale solutions," Wijayasuriya said.
Chief operating officer at Dialog Axiata Azwan Khan, said there will be open access to operators to the cable landing station in colombo
"Accessing international capacity at the lowest rates is essential for Sri Lankan enterprises to remain competitive in a global economy."
Belgium's Alcatel-Lucent said it had been selected to build the 100 Gigabits-per-second cable system
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