{"id":111541,"date":"2026-07-06T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=111541"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:39:04","slug":"i-2sea-submarine-cable-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/i-2sea-submarine-cable-system\/","title":{"rendered":"I-2SEA Submarine Cable System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>I-2SEA Submarine Cable System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lightstorm, a Singaporean carrier-neutral infrastructure solutions provider, recently signed contracts with Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications to launch the India- Southeast Asia (I-2SEA) submarine cable system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About I-2SEA Submarine Cable System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>India-Southeast Asia (I-2SEA)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>3,600-kilometer<\/b> <b>optical fibre<\/b> <b>subsea cable system <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that will <\/span><b>connect India\u2019s east coast directly to Singapore and Malaysia. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>consortium <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comprising <\/span><b>Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has commissioned the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is projected to be<\/span><b> Ready-for-Service (RFS) by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the fourth quarter of <\/span><b>2029<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been specifically engineered to <\/span><b>support the rapidly growing demand for AI infrastructure.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being <\/span><b>built for hyperscalers, GPU infrastructure providers, and enterprises<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that need high-capacity links for AI training and <\/span><b>inference workloads between India and Southeast Asia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will <\/span><b>connect Singapore and Kuala Lumpur <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directly to India&#8217;s east coast cities of <\/span><b>Hyderabad and Chennai.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>landing stations, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be operated by Lightstorm, will be <\/span><b>located in Machilipatnam, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">providing the <\/span><b>shortest subsea access to Hyderabad,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>other<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at a <\/span><b>new landing location in South Chennai.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I-2SEA will <\/span><b>use a deep cable burial strategy,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> targeting a <\/span><b>depth of three metres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across buried sections.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The approach is meant to <\/span><b>improve protection and uptime,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a critical factor for cables that carry internet traffic, cloud services, and financial data across regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/telecom-equipment\/lightstorm-and-partners-unveil-i-2sea-submarine-cable-system-to-boost-ai-infrastructure\/132129387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India-Southeast Asia (I-2SEA) is a 3,600-kilometer optical fibre subsea cable system that will connect India\u2019s east coast directly to Singapore and Malaysia. 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