Middle East North Africa Cable System

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Middle East North Africa Cable System
Cable type Fiber optic cable
operator MENA, Gulf Bridge International
Landing points Landing points
overall length 8,000 km
speed 5.76 Tbit / s

Middle East North Africa Cable System ( MENA for short ) is a submarine cable that was put into operation in January 2014.

The cable has a transmission capacity of 5.76  terabits per second and connects locations in the Middle East and North Africa over a length of around 8,000 km . It has five fiber pairs, one fiber pair belonging to the operator Gulf Bridge International, which connects the MENA cable to the Gulf Ring system.

Landing points

  1. Mazara del Vallo ( Italy )
  2. Abu Talat ( Egypt )
  3. Zafarana (Egypt)
  4. Jeddah ( Saudi Arabia )
  5. Djibouti ( Djibouti )
  6. Sib (Oman)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Middle East North Africa (MENA) Cable System / Gulf Bridge International ( Eng. ) Retrieved July 16, 2014.

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