India : International Telecom Access

With regard to international telecommunication (actually cable :-D ) businesses, India has several players / facilities (as of March 2008):

• International Long Distance Operators : 14
• Cable Landing Stations LS : 6
• Cable Systems : 9

Bandwidth / Capacity :

• Total Designed Capacity : 18.60 Tbps
• Total Lit Capacity : 587.50 Gbps (3% of design capacity)
• Total Protected Capacity available : 100 Gbps (17% of lit capacity)
• Total Utilized Capacity : 91 Gbps (90% of protected capacity 15% of total lit capacity)
• Total Spare Capacity : 496.50 Gbps (85% of total lit capacity)

Credits: SK Gupta / TRAI