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Bharti Airtel on Monday said it would partner Facebook parent Meta to jointly invest in global connectivity infrastructure that would extend a subsea cable — the 2Africa Pearls — to India.
Last year, Meta Platforms Inc announced a new segment of 2Africa Pearls in collaboration with regional partners.
When it was launched in 2020, the 37,000-km subsea cable connected 23 countries.
It has become one of the world’s longest subsea cable systems and aims to provide faster internet connectivity to almost 3 billion people. It would connect Africa, Europe, and Asia.
The extended 2Africa Pearls branch will include landing locations in Oman, UAE, Qatar,
