Chinese state-owned telecom companies are planning a large undersea fiber-optic cable network called EMA (Europe-Middle East-Asia). The $500 million project, led by China's HMN Technologies, will connect Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The proposed EMA (Europe-Middle East-Asia) cable would connect Hong Kong to China's island. The FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network (FALCON) submarine cable system is a 11859km submarine cable system connecting India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan and Egypt. The FALCON cable system has an initial design capacity of 2. The plan is a sign that an intensifying tech war. FLAG is a leading global data communications service provider and owner of one of the world's largest private subsea fibre optic networks. -backed project, according to four persons engaged in the arrangement.
