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Cable landing

24Tbps design capacity of 3 pairs of fibers. This high capacity intercontinental highway will provide route diversity and resilience to the existing, heavily loaded submarine cables between Europe and Asia. The SEA-ME-WE 5 introduces end-to-end connection to open and neutral points of presence (POPs) in Europe and Asia. In France, the SEA-ME-WE 5 will be connected to the Interxion data center in Marseille (MRS1) by terrestrial cable established from the Toulon station. The arrival at Toulon, and the terrestrial extension to MRS1, will strengthen the role of the region for international trade to the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

The South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable has landed at La Seyne-sur-Mer, in the south of France. The new 20,000km fiber optic cable, due for completion in late 2016, will connect France to Singapore, and serve 17 countries: Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Republic of Djibouti , Singapore, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Yemen. Orange Marine, a 100 percent subsidiary of Orange Group, is managing the installation in the Mediterranean, with four shore ends: France, Egypt, Italy and Turkey. The cable design is based on the latest 100Gbps technology, combined with wavelength division multiplexing, offering a

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