I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) is a 12,091-kilometre (7,513 mi)[1] submarine communications cable system linking Europe and India via the Middle East.
[3] The cable consists of three fiber pairs, one of which is a terrestrial link connecting Alexandria and Suez in Egypt.
The contract for construction and maintenance of the cable was awarded to Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), supported by NEC as subcontractor, at a total cost of US$480 million.
[4] The IMEWE consortium comprises nine telecom companies across eight countries.
[4] Suez, Egypt Tata Communications[12] Other cable systems following a substantially similar route are: