Yeroskipos
CYTA Yeroskipos - Yeroskipos Submarine Cable Station is the land station of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) for the SEA-ME-WE 3 and other submarine cables in Geroskipou . The South-East Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 3 connects Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. In addition to the SEA-ME-WE 3, other submarine cables run up on the Yeroskipos submarine cable station.
Background and location
The SEA-ME-WE 3 was put into operation on August 30, 1999. With a total length of 39,000 km, it is the largest submarine cable system in the world. Wavelength division multiplexing is used to increase capacity and improve signal quality .
Geroskipou is located on the southern tip of Cyprus and is therefore suitable as a location for incoming fiber optic cables. CYTA connects the Cypriot and North Cypriot Internet networks with SEA-ME-WE 3 and other submarine cables. This includes CYTA's own ATHENA system.
The Poseidon system for the gas and oil offshore industry , which runs around Cyprus, also has its land connection in Yeroskipos.
Intelligence intelligence
The British secret service GCHQ monitors the global communication traffic via SEA-ME-WE 3 and possibly other submarine cables from the Yeroskipos Submarine Cable Station. These activities are supported by the state telephone operator Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) , as it is required by law to work with the British services (and thus de facto also with the Americans).
Great Britain had extensive rights in telecommunications intelligence assured when Cyprus gained independence in 1960 . In Section 6 of the Independence Treaty, the then fledgling state committed itself to "consult and cooperate" with Great Britain when it comes to questions of domestic communication.
See also
- Ayios Nikolaos Station , central SIGINT station of the GCHQ in Cyprus .
- NAVFAC Gerolakkos , SIGINT station of the Naval Security Group that existed from 1957 to 1974 . After the station was closed, the NSA increasingly used the Ayios Nikolaos station.
- RAF Olympos , RAF radar system for air surveillance in the western Middle East, range 1500 to 3000 kilometers.
Web links
- Information about Cyta's Undersea Cable Hub in the Eastern Mediterranean (PDF; 2.5 MB) on the company website Cyta global ( page no longer available )