MENA (cable system) explained

Cable Name:	MENA Submarine Cable System
Cable Logo:	MENA Submarine Cable System logo.png
Cable Type:	Fibre-optic
State:	Active
Construction Finished:	2014
First Traffic:	November 2014
Owner:	Telecom Egypt

Middle East North Africa (MENA) is a submarine communications cable system that is planned to connect Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and India.^{[1] [2]} It will be about long^[1] and is planned to deliver up to 5.76 terabits per second.^[1]

In 2018, Telecom Egypt announced its acquisition of the cable from Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding.^[3]

Cable landing stations

It will have cable landing points at:^[1]

• Mazara, Italy
• Crete, Greece
• Alexandria, Egypt

Then overland to

• Za'frana, Egypt

Then onwards as a submarine cable again to

• Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Seeb, Oman
• Mumbai, India^[4]

Total length of the Cable is .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Omantel Signs Agreement to Extend MENA Cable to Oman. Subtel Forum. 25 July 2008. 8 January 2009.
2. Web site: MENA Submarine Cable System . MENA Submarine Cable System . 15 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120102175118/http://www.mena-scs.com/ . 2 January 2012 .
3. Web site: Telecom Egypt Approves the Acquisition of MENA Cable. 11 May 2018. 21 September 2018.
4. Web site: Sify Technologies establishes Undersea Cable Landing Station in Mumbai. Sify Technologies Limited. 11 January 2012. 15 January 2012.