India, Feb. 17 -- Bharti Airtel has announced that it has landed the Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6 (SEA-ME-WE 6) submarine cable in Chennai. The 21,700 Rkm submarine cable will connect India to Singapore and France (Marseille) via Egypt, strengthening India's global connectivity.

Airtel had earlier landed the cable in Mumbai on 30 December 2024. The cable landings were completed by SubCom, a supplier of subsea fibre optic cable data systems responsible for the engineering, manufacture and installation of SEA-ME-WE-6.

The company stated in a press release that the infrastructure in Mumbai and Chennai will be fully integrated with Airtel's data centre arm, Nxtra by Airtel, at its facilities in the two cities. This will enable g...