The Myanmar/Malaysia India Singapore Transit (MIST) cable system has a total length of 8,100km, connecting Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, India (Mumbai and Chennai). 

The MIST cable system consists of 12 fiber pairs, with more than 216Tbps system capacity. The total intial cost of the MIST cable system is approximately US$400million. 

The MIST cable system is invested by Orient Link Pte. Ltd. (OLL), a strategic joint venture of NTT Ltd (42%)., Fund Corporation for the Overseas Development of Japan’s ICT and Postal Services Inc. (JICT, 38%) , WEN Capital Pte. Ltd. (20%), incorporated in Singapore on October 10, 2019, to construct and operate high-capacity submarine cables in Southeast Asia. Orient Link’s capital at the time of establishment was US$119 million. WEN Capital is a wholly-owned subsidiary of OMS Group (Optic Marine Group), a major Malaysian-based integrated subsea telecommunications infrastructure company.

NEC Corporation (NEC) wins the agreement to build the MIST Cable System (MIST).

The MIST cable system was ready for service in June 2025.

In June 2026, Tata Communications announced to invest US$63 million  on the MIST cable system, securing 20 Tbps (equivalently 1 fiber pair) of high-speed, low-latency transmission bandwidth directly connecting Mumbai to Singapore.