Egypt, Jordan ink deal for submarine optical fiber cable


  • World
  • Friday, 26 Jan 2024

CAIRO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt and Jordan signed on Thursday an agreement to establish a joint submarine optical fiber cable linking the Jordanian city of Aqaba and the Egyptian city of Taba, according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.

The deal, dubbed "Coral Bridge," was signed between Telecom Egypt, Egypt's first integrated telecommunications operator, and NaiTel, a telecommunications service provider in Jordan and the communication arm of the Aqaba Digital Hub.

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