The Bangladesh Private Cable System (BPCS) consortium will commence construction of the country’s first privately owned subsea cable.

First reported by Developing Telecoms, the subsea cable is set to supply at least 45Tbps of bandwidth to Bangladesh via three fiber pairs, owned by the BPCS.

The 1,300km cable will connect Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, to the Campana-owned UMO subsea cable, which runs from Myanmar to Singapore.

It is scheduled to go into service in Q1 2026.

The consortium comprises Summit Communications, CdNet Communications, and Metacore Subcom.

Subsea cable consulting and management company Pioneer Consulting is advising the project and said it has supported the consortium on route assessment, due diligence, the commissioning of the UMO cable system, and supply contract formation.

Dave Marie, director of client solutions at Pioneer Consulting, said: “We’re proud to be part of this groundbreaking project, poised to change the connectivity landscape of Bangladesh. We’re off to a strong start, with all the contracts in place and the marine survey completed well before the onset of monsoon season.”

K.M Tariquzzaman, CTO of Summit Communications and project lead for the cable, added: “Bangladesh deserves world-class Internet capacity and accessibility; we believe this new cable will significantly enhance the country’s ability to meet its Internet demand in the coming decade.”

Bangladesh’s Internet connectivity was disrupted in April by a break in the SeaMeWe-5 subsea cable, affecting two-thirds of the country’s subsea capacity. The SeaMeWe-4 cable also lands in Bangladesh, and the SeaMeWe-6 cable is expected to land there in 2026.

All three cables are partly owned by the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company (BSCCL).

Just last month, the Bangladeshi government blocked mobile and broadband access in the country in light of protests.