| Cable Name: | TW1 |
| Owners: | Transworld Associates |
| Operator: | Transworld Associates |
| Length: | 1,300 km |
| Design Capacity: | 1.28 Tbit/s |
| Technology: | DWDM |
| Date Of First Use: | 2006 |
TW1 is a 1,300 km submarine telecommunications cable linking the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Pakistan. It is owned and operated by Pakistani Tier-1 provider, Transworld Associates.[1]
The cable uses DWDM technology with two fiber pairs and has a design capacity of 1.28 Tbit/s. In 2016, Transworld contracted Huawei Marine (HMN) to add 3x additional 100 Gbit/s wavelengths to the TW1 cable system.[2]
| Karachi, Pakistan | Transworld Associates | |
| Fujairah, UAE | Etisalat by e& | |
| Al Seeb, Oman | Omantel |