Reliance Communications and China Telecom launched a new terrestrial cable connecting East Asia with India whereby connectivity to countries such as China, Hong Kong and Far East Asia will be made possible. Currently the connectivity between these countries from India is mainly through undersea cable system.

The cable laid between Siliguri in India and Yadong in China via Nathu La passes through sub-zero temperature and touches an altitude of around 14,500 ft above sea level, claimed the tie-up.

“India and China represent the largest growing economies in the world, and the current global economic environment requires ever increasing high-bandwidth, converged applications to be run between these markets,” said RCom President Punit Garg.

“This new cable will help our customers across Asia and beyond to effectively compete on a global scale, by providing increased network availability and secure connectivity from the world’s key business centres to these high growth markets,” he added.