Reliance Industries Ltd.

Reliance Industries' (RIL’s) subsidiary, Reliance Jio Infocomm (India) has signed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement (C&MA) and the Supply Contract for Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) submarine cable system in Kuala Lumpur with Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) (Malaysia), Vodafone Group (UK), Omantel (Oman), Etisalat (UAE), and Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka)

The BBG submarine cable system, spanning approximately 8,000 km, will link Malaysia (through Penang) and Singapore to the Middle East (Oman and United Arab Emirates) with connections reaching out to India (Mumbai and Chennai) and Sri Lanka. The construction of this cable system is a clear indication of the growing demand for bandwidth at the participating countries. The markets are expected to see strong growth with the continuous efforts in embracing the broadband technologies and infrastructure expansion.

The BBG cable system is designed to provide upgradable and transmission facilities by adopting the state-of-the-art 100Gbps technology. This cable system is expected to carry commercial traffic by end of 2014.