The SeaMeWe-6 subsea cable has landed in Pakistan.

The cable, which runs from Europe to Asia, landed this week in Hawkes Bay outside Karachi. The news was shared on LinkedIn by multiple employees of local digital infrastructure firm Transworld.

SeaMeWe-6 will run from Singapore (Tuas) to France (Marseille), crossing Egypt’s territory terrestrially. The 21,700 km (13,483 mile) cable system is set to feature 17 landing points. First announced in 2022, it is set to offer 12.6 Tbps per fiber pair across 10 pairs and go live next year.

Landing partners include Beyon in Bahrain, Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC, Bharti Airtel in India, China United Network Communications Group Company Limited, Dhiraagu in the Maldives, Djibouti Telecom, Microsoft, Mobily in Saudi Arabia, Orange in France, PCCW Global, Singtel, Sri Lanka Telecom, Telekom Malaysia, Telin in Indonesia, and Transworld Associates in Pakistan.

When complete, the SeaMeWe-6 cable will land in Manama, Bahrain; Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh; Djibouti City, Djibouti; Port Said and Ras Ghareb, Egypt; Marseille, France; Chennai and Mumbai, India; Morib, Malaysia; Hulhumale, Maldives; Muscat, Oman; Karachi, Pakistan; Doha, Qatar; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia; Tuas, Singapore; Matara, Sri Lanka; and Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The cable was planned to include China. However, China Mobile and China Telecom both withdrew from the project in 2023 after growing tensions between the US and China.

Transworld launched in 2006. It owns the TW1 cable and is part of the SeaMeWe-5 cable consortium, and operates a cable landing station and data center in Hawkes Bay in Keamari Town, Karachi. The company is owned by investor Orastar Limited and Omani conglomerate Omzest Group.

“Transworld fully supports GoP's Digital Nation Pakistan initiatives and will continue to invest in state-of-the-art infrastructure projects such as submarine cable systems and AI-enabled data centers,” Transworld deputy CEO Saad Waraich said.

”Through our contributions, we will make Pakistan a regional hub for internet and data embassies. I am also happy to share that two (2Africa & SMW-6) of the three submarine cables have landed in Transworld's Cable Landing Station during the last 12 months.”

Pakistan is the landing point for nine cables, all making landfall at Karachi.