Middle East North Africa (MENA) is a

submarine communications cable A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea. The first submarine communications cables laid beginning in the 1850s carried tel ...

system that is planned to connect Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and India. It will be about long and is planned to deliver up to 5.76 terabits per second. In 2018, Telecom Egypt announced its acquisition of the cable from Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding.

Cable landing stations

It will have cable landing points at: * Mazara, Italy * Crete, Greece * Alexandria, Egypt Then overland to * Za'frana, Egypt Then onwards as a submarine cable again to *

Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...

, Saudi Arabia * Seeb, Oman * Mumbai, India Total length of the Cable is .

References

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