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Reliance Jio has announced the launch of its 8,100-km Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) offering direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East

Reliance Jio has announced the launch of its 8,100-km Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) offering direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East. The undersea cable landing facility is housed in Chennai.

“We are excited about the launch of BBG as it offers not just direct connectivity in and out of India through Chennai and Mumbai but also acts as a state-of-the-art 100 Gbps extension of Jio’s 100 Gbps core network,” said Reliance Jio president Mathew Oommen. He said the connectivity brings key international content hubs closer to their customers, delivering “a much richer experience as an important part of driving India’s broadband adoption, enabling consumers to shift away from the current high-cost low-value propositions”.

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Reliance Jio said BBG has deployed the latest submarine cable 100Gbps transmission technology, utilising wavelength add/drop branching units along the route, with an initial equipped capacity of 9 terabits per second. Dialog Axiata, Etisalat, Omantel, Telecom Malaysia and Vodafone are the other BBG partners.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).

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