China to lay $500m subsea Internet cable linking 6 countries
Chinese state-owned telecom companies are developing a $500m undersea fibre optic Internet cable network that should link Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Reuters reports
China’s three major telecom operators – China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telecom), China Mobile Limited and China United Network Communications Group (China Unicom) – are building one of the most advanced and longest-running subsea cable networks in the world.
The cable would connect Hong Kong to the Chinese island province of Hainan before making its way to Singapore, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and France, the agency said.
China’s HMN Technologies will manufacture and lay the cable, which would cost about $500m to complete.
The project is designed to compete with a US plan to lay a cable that would connect Singapore to France and pass-through Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and half a dozen other nations.
