UAE telecom provider du has partnered to land and invest in the Singapore-India-Gulf (SING) submarine cable system. This new undersea fibre-optic network will connect the Middle East with South and Southeast Asia. The SING cable has six landing points: Kalba in UAE, Muscat in Oman, Mumbai and Chennai in India, Kedah in Malaysia, and Singapore. It offers high-capacity and low-latency connections, improving network strength by adding new data routes beyond usual ones like the Red Sea. Du will host the SING cable at its Kalba landing station and support its rollout financially. Karim Benkirane, Chief Commercial Officer at du, said the project will "reinforce the UAE’s role as a global hub for data, cloud and artificial intelligence" by providing needed connectivity for hyperscalers and tech enterprises. The SING cable is part of a wider surge in building global submarine networks. Recent Red Sea cable disruptions showed the need for backup data routes. The SING system will offer such alternatives, making internet and cloud services more stable. Although no exact launch date is given, funding secured by Cerberus Capital Management has pushed the project forward with a target deployment around 2030. The cable will deliver tens of terabits per second of capacity, supporting future growth in business, AI, and cross-continent platforms. The UAE's investment highlights its strategic role in next-generation digital infrastructure between Asia and the Middle East.