Aletar

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Aletar
Cable type Fiber optic cable
Landing points 1. Alexandria , Egypt

2. Tartus , Syria

overall length 787 km
speed 5 Gbit / s
active since April 1997

Aletar is a submarine cable system that went into operation on April 7, 1997 for data exchange between Egypt and Syria .

Owners are Egyptian Telecom (46.875%), Syrian Telecom (46.875%) and the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications (6.25%). The cable is 787 km long and has a capacity of 5 Gbit / s. It has two pairs of fiber optic cables and 8 optical amplifiers .

Landing points consist of:

  1. Alexandria , Egypt
  2. Tartus , Syria

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f "Egypt - Syria Fiber Optic Submarine cable Aletar" ( Memento from March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Lebanese Ministry Of Telecommunications.
  2. ↑ Course of ALETAR Greg's cable map
  3. ↑ Aletar Submarine Cable Map by TeleGeography