Reliance Jio to deploy new submarine cable systems

The oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL) telecom arm Jio will be deploying two submarine cable systems connecting Singapore and Europe, taking high-bandwidth connectivity from America’s western and eastern coasts allowing higher data speed to Indian Internet users.
“The two submarine systems will provide direct connectivity to the top content hubs worldwide, and the deployment is set to boost India’s data availability,” an industry source told ETT.
The India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) will connect Mumbai and Chennai to Singapore and interconnect with other far east countries towards the west coast of the US, and the India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) will connect Mumbai to Europe and interconnect to the east coast of the US.
The two cables are expected to be operational in two years or early 2023.
Jio did not reply to an e-mailed query.