Huawei begins survey for PEACE undersea cablingHuawei Marine has announced that the marine survey for its PEACE (Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe) project is now underway. The PEACE submarine cable system will connect Pakistan, Djibouti, Kenya, Egypt, and other cou More… |
New subsea cable to connect ME, Africa and AsiaMTN Group, PCCW Global, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Telecom Egypt (TE) and Telkom South Africa have partnered to construct a new submarine cable system which will connect Africa with the Middle East and South Central Asia. The co More… |
Orascom unit secures T Egypt cable networkTelecom Egypt has sold rights for the use of part of its infrastructure to a subsidiary of Egypt's Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT), bringing the subsidiary closer to launching a submarine cable network. Onc More… |
E-marine to host submarine cable event in DubaiE-marine, a major provider of submarine cable solutions in the Middle East, will host the next edition of SubOptic, the largest global conference for the submarine cable industry, in Dubai in a first for the region. The announceme More… |
E-Marine completes Salalah depot expansionE-Marine, a leading submarine cable installation, maintenance and repair company, has completed the expansion of its depot facilities in the Port of Salalah in Oman. Omar Bin Kalban, managing director and CEO of e-Mari More… |
Nawras lands second stage sea cableOmani Qatari Telecommunications Company (Nawras) has landed its second sea cable, completing Oman’s stage of this important project with Tata Global Network-Gulf (TGN-Gulf). Chief commercial officer Tore Solberg and chief technical officer More… |
India-Europe submarine cable launchedIMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), a consortium of nine partners comprising top global telecom operators, has announced the launch of a high-capacity, fibre-optic submarine cable that stretches from India to Europe. The Imewe consor More… |
GBI inks deal to land India cable systemGulf Bridge International (GBI), the region's first private submarine cable operator, has signed an agreement with India's Sify Technologies, to land its sub-sea cable system in India. GBI Qatar also announced that Sify will provid More… |
Qtel and GBI ink major gateway dealQatar Telecom (Qtel) and Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the region’s first privately owned submarine cable operator, have signed an agreement that will see Qtel provide a landing station for GBI’s cable in Qatar. The landing party agreem More… |
Gulf Bridge in Iran land cable dealGulf Bridge International (GBI), the newly established submarine cable operator in the region, has signed an deal with TIC, the sole provider of telecommunication infrastructure in Iran, to land its submarine telecom cable in the Islamic republic. More… |