With completion scheduled in 2009, this second upgrade project will double the existing trunk capacity of the system, going beyond the original design capacity, enabling South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (Sea-Me-We) 4 to support the increased broadband traffic requirements along the route.
Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the India-France submarine link by deploying, installing and commissioning additional dense wavelength division multiplexing equipment (DWDM), based on its 1620 Light Manager. In addition, Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the 1626 Light Manager-based terrestrial link connecting Alexandria and Suez, and the existing SDH equipment, the Alcatel-Lucent 1678 Metro Core Connect, for this network.
