page_title: SEA-ME-WE 3
section_title: Landing points
hierarchical_section_title: SEA-ME-WE 3 / Landing points
caption_attribution_description: English: The Route of the SEA-ME-WE-3 Submarine Telecoms Cable. The name means “South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 3”. For more information regarding this and locations of the landing points (Numbered above), see the main article. Français&#160;: La route du câble sous-marin de télécommunication numériques SEA-ME-WE-3, nom signifiant «&#160;Asie du Sud-Est - Moyen-Orient - Europe de l'Ouest&#160;».
context_page_description: SEA-ME-WE3 or South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 3 is an optical submarine telecommunications cable linking those regions and is the longest in the world. Completed in late 2000, it is led by France Telecom and China Telecom, and is administered by Singtel, a telecommunications operator owned by the Government of Singapore. The Consortium is formed by 92 other investors from the telecom industry. It was commissioned in March 2000.
  It is 39,000 kilometres in length and uses Wavelength Division Multiplexing technology with Synchronous Digital Hierarchy transmission to increase capacity and enhance the quality of the signal, especially over long distances.
  According to the cable system network administrator's website, the system capacity has been upgraded several times. The cable system itself has two fibre pairs, each carrying 48 wavelengths of 10 Gbit/s.
  In December 2009, the 4th 10G Upgrade increased WDM channels from 48 to 64 per fibre pair.
  On 1 Jan 2015, the 5th Capacity Expansion was distributed to all the owners. Data capacity of the submarine network is increased significantly with 100G technologies.
context_section_description: It has 39 landing points which are in:
  Norden, Germany
  Oostende, Belgium
  Goonhilly, United Kingdom
  Penmarch, France
  Sesimbra, Portugal
  Tetuan, Morocco
  Mazara del Vallo, Italy
  Chania, Greece
  Marmaris, Turkey
  Yeroskipou, Cyprus
  Alexandria, Egypt
  Suez, Egypt
  Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  Djibouti, Djibouti
  Muscat, Oman
  Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
  Karachi, Pakistan
  Mumbai, India
  Kochi, India
  Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
  Pyapon, Myanmar
  Satun, Thailand
  Penang, Malaysia
  Medan, Indonesia
  Tuas, Singapore
  Jakarta, Indonesia
  Perth, Australia
  Mersing, Malaysia
  Tungku, Brunei
  Da Nang, Vietnam
  Batangas, Philippines
  Taipa, Macau, China
  Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
  Shantou, China
  Fangshan, Taiwan
  Toucheng, Taiwan
  Shanghai, China
  Geoje, South Korea
  Okinawa, Japan
caption: The route (in red) and landing points (numbered in black)
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