13 October 2023
Telecom Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with 4iG to build a high-capacity submarine fibre optic cable connecting Egypt and Albania..png?lu=691)
“With an open access model and multiple diversion units, the system is designed to be a new entry point for European traffic with a different transit passage compared to the already existing Mediterranean routes to the main points of Internet presence (PoP) such as those in Frankfurt, in addition to numerous potential PoPs in Eastern Europe,” said 4iG in a statement.
Egypt is already connected to 14 international submarine cables and work is underway to establish five new cables. Additionally, Telecom Egypt is the partner of choice for submarine cable deployment for more than 160 companies around the world.
“The cooperation with 4iG is a step that will pave the way for adding a new focal point and a new entrance to the European continent in Albania, in order to add flexibility and direct traffic from the African continents and Asian to the main concentration points of telecommunications traffic in the East,” said Mohamed Nasr, general director of Telecom Egypt.
