Bahrain to get direct access to global cable systemBahrain will get direct access to a global cable system with complete independency for the first time, thanks to a $60 million investment by Beyon in SEA-ME-WE 6, a global connectivity system. Beyon, through Bahrain-based telco Ba More… |
Mobily joins the new cable system consortium Africa-1Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has joined the new Africa-1 cable system consortium, strengthening Saudi Arabia’s connectivity with various locations across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. This is don More… |
Prysmian secures new $78m umbilicals order with PetrobrasPrysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for a total supply of 200 km of high-end deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals using both Steel Tube and Thermoplas More… |
Prysmian secures new $78m umbilicals order with PetrobrasPrysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for a total supply of 200 km of high-end deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals using both Steel Tube and Thermoplas More… |
Telecom Egypt signs cable system deal with PCCWTelecom Egypt has signed a historic landing party agreement with PCCW Global, the international division of Hong Kong-based telecom provider HKT and Chinese technology and industrial giant Hengtong Group. The agreement, signed dur More… |
Zain Bahrain joins international cable systemLeading Bahrain telecom services operator Zain Bahrain has announced the introduction of the ‘Middle East – Europe Terrestrial System’ (Meets), an international cable system that provides state-of-the-art high bandwidth regio More… |
Batelco signs up with GBI cable systemBatelco, Bahrain’s leading telecommunications company, has signed an agreement with Gulf Bridge International (GBI), a privately owned fiber optic cable operator, to connect Bahrain with GBI’s new cable system. Batelco is th More… |
GBI, Gulfnet sign capacity sale dealGulf Bridge International (GBI) and Gulfnet Communications, affiliated to Kuwait-based United Networks, and a leading online services provider, have signed a capacity sale agreement. The GBI network will provide Gulfnet with industry-leadi More… |
Tata launches Gulf subsea cable systemTata Communications, a global communications service provider, today launched its TGN-Gulf subsea cable system that will connect the Gulf to Mumbai, India and onward to the rest of the Tata Global Network (TGN). In partnership with Nawras More… |
Telecom Egypt deploys 40G cable systemTelecom Egypt (TE), a major telecom services provider, and Alcatel-Lucent, have put in service a cable system provisioned with 40 Gigabit per second (40G) wavelengths across the Mediterranean. The TE-North cable system is the first Mediter More… |