On 5 June 2024, Telecom Egypt announced the landing of the India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) submarine cable in Egypt. The 10,000-km IEX cable will run from Mumbai (India) to Savona (Italy) with landings in Oman, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Greece. In Egypt, the cable landing stations at Zafarana2 on the Red Sea and Sidi Kerir on the Mediterranean are connected with diversified terrestrial network across Egypt (see for example Egypt: Telecom Egypt Inaugurates Red2Med Submarine And Terrestrial Fibre Route). The IEX cable previously landed in Djibouti on 29 November 2023, and also at Savona (Italy) on 29 November 2023.
“Leveraging its cutting-edge infrastructure, Telecom Egypt played a pivotal role in connecting the IEX subsea cable system terrestrially between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean,” said Mohamed Nasr, Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Egypt in a company press release. “By providing landing and crossing services at Zafarana2 and Sidi Kerir landing stations, and linking them through two novel crossing route diverse from those already used by the current 14 subsea systems crossing Egypt, we are presenting our international partners with unique opportunities via our state-of-the-art, highly reliable services and continuously developed international infrastructure. IEX subsea system is the fifth subsea to land in Egypt over the past decade and the tenth in terms of landings count. In addition, it is the first landing to take place at Sidi Kerir landing station and the fourth at Zafarana2”.
Source: Telecom Egypt, Djibouti Telecom, Retelit
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