Chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Amba

New Delhi, INDIA: Chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Anil Ambani delivers his speech at the launch of the FALCON Submarine Cable system in New Delhi, 05 September 2006. Reliance Communications owned Falcon with its undersea cable connecting five Middle East countries as well as Sudan and Egypt, announced commercial operation of the cable after Union IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran made the first call, unleashing international bandwidth between India, Middle East and Europe. The 2.56 terabit FALCON submarine cable system will connect 11 countries on its entire length of 11,859 km from Mumbai to Egypt. AFP PHOTO/Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)