New Delhi, March 27 -- In a boost to India's digital growth ambitions, Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has successfully landed the 2Africa Pearls cable in the country, connecting India to Africa, and Europe via the Middle East. 2Africa Pearls brings over 100 tbps (terabits per second) of international capacity to India.

With this investment, Airtel has further diversified its global network to support India's digital growth ambitions. "We are thrilled to bring the 2Africa Pearls cable to India adding to our network resilience.

We are aggressively diversifying our global network and recently landed the SEA-WE-ME-6 cable in Chennai and Mumbai," said Sharat Sinha, Director and CEO-Airtel Business. "We will continue investing in global c...