Telecom Egypt and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have landed the Africa-1 subsea cable system at the Ras Ghareb cable landing station in Egypt. According to Telecom Egypt, this was the first of two planned landings in Egypt - the second Egypt landing will be on its Mediterranean coast. Telecom Egypt said the Africa-1 subsea cable system is scheduled to be ready for service sometime in 2025. Subsea cable landingsTelecom Egypt and ASN's successful landing follows the telco's announcement that it had signed a cooperation agreement to land the first Saudi submarine cable connecting the Kingdom to Egypt with Mobily. That landing followed the telco's completion of two cable landing stations in Egypt for the India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) subsea cable system with SubCom in June 2024.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 08, 2024 10:28 UTC