Reliance Globalcom activates Hawk cable system

Reliance Globalcom, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications (RCom), has activated its Hawk sub-sea cable system in Egypt and integrated it with the company's global network.

This will enable additional capacity of 20 terabits in the Mediterranean region, and also enable Falcon to carry the same capacity between Europe and India and Europe and the Middle East. Falcon is another submarine cable owned by the company.

''Our existing customer base of over 37,000 corporates in India and over 1,400 corporates in Europe and the US, along with over 200 carrier customers will immensely benefit from this lowest latency network between India, Middle East, Europe and USA,'' said Reliance Globalcom president and chief executive Punit Garg.

The activation will also enhance Hawk's capability to carry five million high definition quality interactive video channels simultaneously. It will also help in increasing bandwidth capacity in India and the Middle East, where 2.4 billion people are connected to the company's network.

The Hawk cable system was built by Reliance Globalcom in the last financial year, with two routes – one express route connecting Marseille in France and Alexandria in Egypt and another local route to Yeroskipos in Cyprus. The local route is for low latency, high-speed diverse alternate services on the Europe-Middle East segment and complements Reliance Globalcom's Falcon and FEA cable systems.

Hawk was initially launched on the Marseille-Cyprus segment to provide bandwidth for local service providers who were concentrating on meeting high speed connectivity needs of emerging broadband internet users in Cyprus. Hawk was further extended to Europe and the US, which are major internet content and connectivity hubs, by building a new terrestrial ring connecting London, Paris and Frankfurt and integrating it with Reliance Globalcom's FA-1 cable system in the Trans-Atlantic region.

Now, by interconnecting with Reliance Globalcom's cable system in Egypt, Hawk creates novel opportunities for carriers in the Middle East and India to cater to growing customer requirements for high-speed, reliable and cost-effective solutions. Hawk is the only cable system in the Mediterranean region, which is fully owned and managed by a single service provider, ensuring hassle free service delivery and assurance.