The critical infrastructure is key to meeting the region’s growing data demands, supporting data center expansion in the region.
by Blue Africa News
The Coral Bridge express subsea cable connecting Egypt and Jordan has been successfully laid, marking the first direct subsea link between the two countries in over 25 years.
The breakthrough was announced in a joint statement by Telecom Egypt – one of the largest subsea operators in the region, and NaiTel – the telecom arm of Aqaba Digital Hub (ADH), a licensed telecommunications service provider in Jordan.
According to Eyad Abu Khorma, ADH founder and CEO, Coral Bridge is more than just a cable, “It’s a strategic asset for the entire region.”
“By enabling a direct digital bridge between Aqaba-Jordan and Sinai Peninsula-Egypt, we are strengthening regional resilience and opening new opportunities for high-performance infrastructure and sovereign connectivity,” he stated in a press release.
Mohamed Nasr, Managing Director and CEO at Telecom Egypt echoed the CEO’s sentiments.
“The strategic proximity between Taba and Aqaba creates a vital opportunity to establish a robust corridor for data connectivity across the Middle East and Europe. Through our collaboration with NaiTel, leveraging their carrier-neutral ecosystem in Aqaba via the Aqaba Digital Hub, the Coral Bridge subsea cable system will aggregate substantial regional traffic and channel it through Egypt’s diverse terrestrial routes to the Mediterranean Sea.”
Equipped with 48 fiber pairs, Coral Bridge is designed to transport over 1 petabit of data traffic, supporting the growing demand for data-intensive digital applications such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence, and enhancing the resilience of subsea cable networks in the region
Oliver Ochieng, Blue Africa News