New Delhi, August 27: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications today said it has partnered China Telecom for launching the first direct terrestrial cable link between India and China.
The cross-border cable would provide telecommunications connectivity between India, China, Hong Kong and Far East Asia and has been laid between Siliguri (India) and Yadong (China) via Nathula Pass, RComs said in a statement.
“We are very pleased with the increased dedicated bandwidth availability, connection speed and security this cable will provide to Chinese based enterprises and consumers,” China Telecom Managing Director Han YiHu said.
Previously, the only available option for high-bandwidth connectivity between the two countries was via undersea cable routes through Hong-Kong or Singapore.
“India and China represent the largest growing economies in the world, and the current global economic environment requires ever increasing high-bandwidth,converged applications to be run between these markets.
–PTI