New Regional Subsea Cable: Egypt/Saudi Arabia.
Telecom Egypt is a PTT whereas Mobily is a competitive Saudi Arabian mobile operator. Few details are available. Competitive players are becoming more involved in connecting Middle Eastern countries both to reduce their own costs and create strategic alliances. Mobily is following game plan as Vodafone and Bharti Airtel. As mobile voice and data traffic becomes increasingly international, mobile providers acquire more international capacity. Typically, they buy more than they need themselves because bigger purchases have lower per bit costs. Then sell the excess capacity in the wholesale market.
Most likely the cable will be unrepeatered due to the short distance between the Saudi Arabian Duba CLS on the Red Sea and its Egyptian counterpart, the new Sharm El Sheik CLS. The yellow circle is Duba.
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