Bay of Bengal Gateway
The Bay of Bengal Gateway is a submarine communications cable providing a direct trunk connection between Barka and Penang with four branches to Fujairah, Mumbai, Colombo and Chennai. The project was carried out by a consortium that includes Vodafone, Omantel, Etisalat, AT&T, China Telecom, Telstra, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Dialog and Telekom Malaysia. Construction was started in May 2013 and was completed by the end of 2014. From Penang the system is connected via a terrestrial connection to Singapore. The length of the submarine Cable system is from Barka to Penang, with a branch to Fujairah, branch to Mumbai, branch to Colombo and a branch to Chennai, totalling a total length of.
The BBG Cable system creates a high-speed bridge between Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, and the Far East, with Singapore being a major cable hub with connection into the Far East and Barka in Oman with submarine and terrestrial connections to Europe, Africa and the GCC.
Landing points
It has the following landing points:From Penang the system is connected via a terrestrial connection to Singapore.