Bharti Airtel, one of the three major telecom operators in India has landed the 2Africa Pearls cable in the country.

Laid in partnership with center3 and Meta, Airtel is the landing partner for the cable in India. 2Africa Pearls is part of the 2Africa subsea cable system, which currently aims to be the world’s longest undersea internet cable. Spanning over 45,000 kms, the larger cable system will connect Asia to Africa and Europe via the Middle East.

This cable is supported by a group of companies including Bayobab, center3, China Mobile International, Meta, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone Group, and WIOCC, while Alcatel Submarine Networks handles its manufacturing and installation.

“We are thrilled to bring the 2Africa Pearls cable to India adding to our network resilience. We are aggressively diversifying our global network and recently landed the SEA-WE-ME-6 cable in Chennai and Mumbai. We will continue investing in global cable systems and future-proof our network with an aim to deliver high uptime, reliability, and superior quality network to our customers”, says Sharat Sinha, the Director and CEO of Airtel Business.

The company claims that its international network covers more than 400,000 route kilometers and extends across 50 countries on five continents.

The network operator has already made investments in 34 cables worldwide, with recent additions including 2Africa, Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2, and Equiano.

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Airtel says that its global subsea network also encompasses significant cable systems such as the i2i cable network, Europe India Gateway, IMEWE, SEA-ME-WE-4, AAG, Unity, EASSy, Gulf Bridge International, and the well-known Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA).