Construction starts on huge subsea cable for Africa, Middle East

[Deeq A.]

Further to the supply contract coming into force, the Africa-1 consortium – currently formed of Etisalat, G42, Mobily, Pakistan Telecommunication Company and Telecom Egypt (with other parties expected to join soon) – and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have started the implementation of a new telecommunications optical submarine network.

Source: Hiiraan Online