Feb. 18 (UPI) --Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, confirmed plans Monday to build the world's longest subsea cable that will circle the Earth and connect five continents.

The company has entered into talks with local players such as Airtel, Jio, Tata Communications, and Lightstorm to land its ...

Last month tech giant Meta announced plans to build the world’s longest submarine communication cable. Known as Project Waterworth, the 50,000-kilometre cable would link five continents.

The project was launched in 2020 by a group of telecom operators including Telecom Egypt, Meta Platforms Inc ... combined capacity of all existing subsea cables serving Africa.

Meta (formerly Facebook) partnered on the 2Africa cable, which, when completed, will be one of the longest subsea cable systems in the world. Stretching 45,000km and connecting 33 countries ...

Bharti Airtel, one of India’s top telecom providers, has landed the 2Africa Pearls subsea internet cable in the country. ...

European law firm Fieldfisher's Telecommunications Group has advised long standing client Space Norway on its Subsea Cable ...

“With the highest capacity subsea ... its subsea cables — two of which are run by Google and one by Meta — that already have or will connect to various points around the world, including ...

“It takes six months to get approval for getting a repair ship to India and is a very long ... subsea cable project in Mumbai, which will link West Asia, Southern Europe and Asia. Meta and ...