RCOM's Global Cloud Xchange unveils strategic plans for 2018

With 'Cloud and Fiber Initiative' at the core

Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), a subsidiary of Reliance Communications unveiled key strategic plans for 2018 with its 'Cloud and Fiber Initiative' at the core.

The construction of its recently-announced Eagle express submarine cable systems, from MumbaiWestward to Italy & Eastward to Hong Kongwill be completely self financed, with no upfront financing or investment requirements from the Company. In addition, GCX has also entered into key partnerships to expand its Cloud ecosystem and data center footprint, further solidifying India's position as a key global hub with a strategic edge in the next wave of technology growth and expansion across emerging markets.

The Eagle cable system, targeted for completion by the end of 2020, will create a Next-Generation IP and Cloud environment across the emerging markets corridor that encompasses the Middle East into Europe, as well as the large economies of China, India and Indonesia. Based on state-of-the-art 100G technology, the new cable network will be four/six fiber pair systems, with an initial design capacity of 12-24Tbps per fiber pair, using Next-Generation Coherent Submarine Fiber.

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