SeaMeWe-5 submarine cable enters maintenance period within Bangladesh to connect or be affected

Bangladeshi submarine cable company BSCC recently said that due to planned maintenance of the SeaMeWe-5 submarine cable system, users in the country may face network connection delays on January 31
.

The SeaMeWe-5 submarine cable system has a total length of about 20,000 kilometers and an initial design speed of 24Tbps, connecting 17 countries
including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Italy and France.

In late February 2017, the SeaMeWe-5 submarine cable system officially landed in Bangladesh, using 100G technology and an initial design capacity of 24Tbps, further meeting the growing data needs
of the region.

At present, the Bangladesh government has communicated with several international consortiums to explore the feasibility
of accessing the third international submarine cable.