The optical fibre cable, which run between Mt Lavinia (Sri Lanka) and Tuticorin in India, will enable SLT customers to enjoy high speed broadband services such as audio and video streaming.
œThis project, historically, would be the biggest joint investment between India and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Telecom said in a statement.
The Bharat Lanka Cable’s bandwidth of 10 gigabits per second, will be scaled up to a maximum of 160 gigabits per second at a later date, giving customers more connectivity options via Sri Lanka.
SLT also provides high speed global connectivity to South Asian countries through its investments in international submarine cables such as South East Asia, Middle East, Western Europe (SEA ME WE) 3 cable and the SEA ME WE 4.
The country’s biggest fixed line operator with 85 percent market share, SLT is also in the process of laying a submarine link between Sri Lanka and the Maldives through its telco partner Dhirragu.
Japan's Nippon Telegraph & Tel