Reliance Industries’ arm constructing largest international submarine cable system centred on India

Reliance Industries’ (RIL) telecom arm -- Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) is constructing the largest international submarine cable system centred on India with global partners and submarine cable supplier Subcom to meet the demands of Streaming Video, Remote Workforce, 5G, IoT, and beyond. The two submarine cable systems which the company plans to deploy will connect India with Asia Pacific markets through Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia and the other one with Italy, middle and north Africa region.

These high capacity and high-speed systems will provide more than 200 Tbps (terabits per second) of capacity spanning over 16,000 kilometres. The IAX system that will connect India from Mumbai from Mumbai and Chennai to Thailand, Malaysia, and is expected to be ready for service by mid-2023 and the IEX system that will extend India's connectivity to Italy, landing in Savona, and additional landings in the middle East and North Africa is expected to be ready for service in early 2024.

Reliance Industries is India’s largest private sector company. The company’s activities span hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and 4G digital services.