Overview
- Officials report the cable has landed at Hawks Bay in Karachi, providing a new gateway for international traffic.
- SEA-ME-WE 6 connects Singapore to France with total capacity exceeding 100 Tbps and offers one of the lowest‑latency Asia–Europe routes.
- The network’s design adds more fibre pairs and geo‑diversified crossings through Egypt to improve fault tolerance and scalability.
- Pakistan’s share was announced by the Ministry of Science and Technology, with 4 Tbps now active and additional capacity available for phased commissioning.
- The project is run by a multinational consortium that includes Pakistan’s Transworld Associates alongside regional and global carriers, and it follows recent Africa‑1 and Africa‑2 cable additions.