Berytar Explained

BERYTAR is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Syria and Lebanon.

It has landing points in:

• Beirut, Lebanon
• Saida, Lebanon
• Trablous, Lebanon
• Tartous, Syria

It has a design transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s and a total cable length of 134 km. It started operation on 7 April 1997.^[1]

The owners are:

• Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications
• Syrian Telecommunications Establishment

References

• Web site: Syria - Lebanon Fiber Optic Submarine cable - Berytar . 2008-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080829021413/http://www.mpt.gov.lb/berytar.htm . 2008-08-29 .

Notes and References

1. https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/berytar BERYTAR