By Telecompaper
Sri Lanka operator Dialog Axiata has announced the connection of Sri Lanka to the 100G-Plus Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) Submarine Fibre Optic Cable via its cable landing station (CLS) at Mount Lavinia (South Colombo). The ultra-high capacity submarine cable was commissioned on 30 May by the president of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena. Dialog says its investment in the BBG cable project exceeds USD 34.5 million (LKR 5 billion).
The new cable system will deliver over 6.4 Tbps of international bandwidth to Sri Lanka. The BBG cable is also expected to boost speed and capacity of Dialog’s 3G HSPA+, 4G and fibre optic networks. Dialog will also extend the connectivity to high-speed internet bandwidth delivered via the BBG CLS to other operators in Sri Lanka.
The BBG cable system uses dense wavelength division multiplexing technology, which allows the capacity to be increased manifold without additional submarine intervention. The initial equipped capacity of the system is a 6.4 Tbps on the back of a design capacity of 55 Tbps.
