Oman Telecommunications (Omantel) has signed an agreement with Egypt’s Middle East and North Africa Company to land a submarine fibre optic cable on the Omani coast to enhance telecommunications traffic between the Sultanate of Oman and the rest of the wo

Oman Telecommunications (Omantel) has signed an agreement with Egypt’s Middle East and North Africa Company to land a submarine fibre optic cable on the Omani coast to enhance telecommunications traffic between the Sultanate of Oman and the rest of the world. The 8,000 km cable, which is estimated to cost about $400 million, will pass through cities such as Mazara in Italy’s Sicily, Crete in Greece, Alexandria and Suez in Egypt, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and through India. The cable project, expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2009, will provide a capacity of 5.7 terabits.