SEA-ME-WE 4
| Cable type | Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| Construction beginning | 2004 |
| Construction finished | 2005 |
| Design capacity | 1.28 Tbit/s (2005) 2.8 Tbit/s (2010) 4.6 Tbit/s (2015) |
| Lit capacity | 2.3 Tbits/s/pair (two fibre pairs) |
| Owner(s) | Consortium |
| Website | www.seamewe4.net |
South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) is an optical fibre submarine communications cable system that carries telecommunications between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and France.
The cable is approximately 18,800 kilometres long, and provides the primary Internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe.