Reliance Globalcom Activates the Al-Faw Cable Landing Station in Iraq With the Falcon Cable System

With this development, Reliance Globalcom is now the first private subsea service provider to activate submarine capacity and directly connect Iraq seamlessly to the countries in Middle East , Asia , Europe and North America . Built with an initial design capacity of 680 Gbps with two diverse routes, Reliance Globalcom has initially lit 50 Gbps on each route in order to cater to the existing market demand. The two diverse routes are integrated into the Falcon network, thereby offering a resilient network.

Considering the low broadband penetration in Iraq , the Falcon landing provides a significant milestone towards establishing direct connectivity from Iraq to the rest of the world, and will help boost the nation's telecom sector. Consumers can now enjoy better quality in broadband services and higher internet speeds.

Commenting on this milestone, Rory Cole , COO, Reliance Globalcom, said,              

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His Excellency, the Minister of Communications, Mr. Mohammed Allawi said,              

The Al-Faw CLS will connect Iraq to all the key Middle East countries - Oman , Iran , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Qatar , Bahrain , UAE, Yemen , and Egypt , through Reliance Globalcom's Falcon submarine cable. Falcon's interconnection with FEA ensures further seamless connectivity and diversity to major global destinations on the Reliance Globalcom network including London , New York , Mumbai , Hong Kong , etc.

Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Group. The Reliance Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 89,000 crore ( US$ 19.7 billion ), cash flows of Rs. 10,900 crore ( US$ 2.3 billion ), net profit of Rs. 3,600 crore ( US$ 0.8 billion ).

Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 161 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 4 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes over 35,000 Indian and multinational corporations including small and medium enterprises and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.

Reliance Communications has established a pan- India , next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 277,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India , USA , Europe , Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.

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Rohit Khanna
Reliance Communications Ltd
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Bratin Roy
Reliance Communications Ltd
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