AAE-1
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| Cable type | Submarine Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| First traffic | 23 June 2017 |
| Design capacity | 100 Tbit/s (20 Tbit/s per fibre pair) |
| Area served | Africa, South East Asia, Middle East, Western Europe |
| Owner(s) | Consortium |
| Website | www |
Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) is a 25,000 km submarine communications cable system from South East Asia to Europe across Egypt, connecting Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, and France.
The AAE-1 cable has a design capacity of 40 Tbit/s, across 5 fibre pairs, to supply the broadband market across Asia, Africa and Europe. In June 2017, it was launched for commercial services and was considered the longest submarine cable in the world, until it was surpassed by 2Africa.[1]
AAE-1 terminates at carrier neutral data centers in regional hubs, such as Telecom House in Hong Kong, Equinix in Singapore and Interxion in France.[2]
In May 2022, AAE-1's SLTE was upgraded by the consortium through Infinera's ICE6 800G solution, increasing design capacity to over 100 Tbit/s.[3][4]
China Unicom initiated the AAE-1 cable project in 2011, with the support and partnership from Telecom Egypt. The AAE-1 consortium, which obtained the construction and maintenance contract in 2014, consists of over 17 carriers, including China Unicom, Djibouti Telecom, Etisalat, Global Transit, HyalRoute, Jio, Metfone, Mobily, Omantel, Ooredoo, Oteglobe, PCCW Global, PTCL, Retelit, Telecom Egypt, TeleYemen, TOT, VNPT, Viettel.[5]
Landing points and operators
AAE-1 does not land directly in Singapore, instead it connects through a terrestrial extension between Malaysia and Singapore.[6]
| Location | Operator & Technical Partner |
|---|---|
| Marseille, France | Omantel[7] |
| Bari, Italy | Retelit[8] |
| Chania, Greece | OTEGLOBE[9] |
| Abu Talat, Egypt
Zafarana, Egypt |
Telecom Egypt[10] |
| Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Mobily[11] |
| Djibouti City, Djibouti | Djibouti Telecom[12] |
| Aden, Yemen | TeleYemen[13] |
| Al Bustan, Oman | Omantel[14] |
| Fujairah, UAE | Etisalat by e&[15] |
| Doha, Qatar | Ooredoo Qatar[16] |
| Karachi, Pakistan | Pakistan Telecommunicaton Company Limited[17] |
| Mumbai, India | Reliance Jio[18] |
| Ngwe Saung, Myanmar | China Unicom[19] |
| Satun, Thailand | National Telecom Public Company Limited[20] |
| Songkhla, Thailand | National Telecom Public Company Limited[20] |
| Butterworth, Malaysia | TIME dotCom[21] |
| Sihanoukville, Cambodia | HyalRoute[22] |
| Vung Tau, Vietnam | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group[23] |
| Cape D'Aguilar, Hong Kong | PCCW Global[24] |