MENA (cable system)

MENA Submarine Cable System
Cable type	Fibre-optic
Construction finished	2014
First traffic	November 2014
Owner(s)	Telecom Egypt
Website	Official website

Middle East North Africa (MENA) is a submarine communications cable system that is planned to connect Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and India.^[1]^[2] It will be about 9,000 kilometres (5,600 mi) long^[1] and is planned to deliver up to 5.76 terabits per second.^[1]

In 2018, Telecom Egypt announced its acquisition of the cable from Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding.^[3]

Cable landing stations

It will have cable landing points at:^[1]

Mazara, Italy
Crete, Greece
Alexandria, Egypt

Then overland to

Za'frana, Egypt

Then onwards as a submarine cable again to

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seeb, Oman
Mumbai, India^[4]

Total length of the Cable is 9,100 kilometres (5,700 mi).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Omantel Signs Agreement to Extend MENA Cable to Oman". Subtel Forum. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
^ "MENA Submarine Cable System". MENA Submarine Cable System. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ "Telecom Egypt Approves the Acquisition of MENA Cable". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
^ "Sify Technologies establishes Undersea Cable Landing Station in Mumbai". Sify Technologies Limited. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[Subtel-1] "Omantel Signs Agreement to Extend MENA Cable to Oman". Subtel Forum. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.

[MENA-2] "MENA Submarine Cable System". MENA Submarine Cable System. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[3] "Telecom Egypt Approves the Acquisition of MENA Cable". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

[Mumbai-4] "Sify Technologies establishes Undersea Cable Landing Station in Mumbai". Sify Technologies Limited. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

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