In February 2026, Dubai (United Arab Emirates, UAE)-based telecom and digital services provider du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company) announced a strategic partnership with Cyprus-based Datawave Networks Limited to land and invest in the Singapore-India-Gulf (SING) submarine cable system, establishing a next-generation undersea fiber-optic corridor connecting the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
- This initiative is designed to bolster the UAE as a global hub for data, cloud computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by providing high-capacity, low-latency connectivity.
About SING Cable System:
Network: The system will connect Kalba (UAE), Muscat (Oman), Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu, TN) -(India), Kedah (Malaysia), and Singapore through a direct East-West digital corridor.
Capacity: The cable will feature 16 fibre pairs, each with a minimum design capacity of 18 Terabits per second (Tbps), supporting AI, cloud, hyperscale data centres, streaming, and e-commerce.
Supplier: SubCom, owned by Cerberus Capital Management of the United States of America (USA), will handle design, manufacture, and deployment.
Resilience: The system reduces Red Sea dependency, diversifies routes, mitigates risks, boosts digital trade, and strengthens theUAE’s data hub role through du hosting the cable at Kalba (UAE).
Timeline: Datawave signed a financing agreement with Cerberus affiliates in January 2026, and the cable is targeted to be Ready for Service (RFS) by 2030.
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