Management and Administration
The SEA-ME-WE 4 cable system was proposed and developed by the SEA-ME-WE 4 Consortium. The Consortium continues to maintain and operate the system. It comprises 16 telecommunications companies:
- Algérie Télécom, Algeria
- Bharti Infotel Limited, India
- Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bangladesh
- CAT Telecom Public Company Limited, Thailand
- Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (ETISALAT), UAE
- France Telecom - Long Distance Networks, France
- MCI, UK
- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Pakistan
- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), Singapore
- Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT), Sri Lanka
- Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Saudi Arabia
- Telecom Egypt (TE), Egypt
- Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A., Italy
- Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malaysia
- Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia
- Tata Communications previously Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), India
The consortium is a hierarchical organisation which operates, manages and administers the cable system. At the top of the hierarchy is the Management Committee, which steers the project. Bodies subordinate to the Management Committee include the Procurement Group; Operation and Maintenance; the Financial & Administrative Subcommittee; Assignment, Routing and Restoration; and Investment and Agreement. Other bodies in the organisation are the Central Billing Party which is subordinate to the Financial & Administrative Subcommittee, and the Network Administrator which is subordinate to Assignment, Routing and Restoration.
Tata Communications previously Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), India is the Network Administrator. For this purpose, Tata Comm has developed a state of the art Network Administration Software system which enables online request processing, job scheduling and report generation etc. This system will make the capacity management very efficient for bandwidth owners. This system is accessible online at http://www.seamewe4.net. Telekom Malaysia Berhad is the Central Billing Party.
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