NEW YORK and CHICAGO, April 21,
2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading facilities-based telecom and
fiber consulting company APTelecom, today announced that it has
been engaged by Middle East and
North Africa Submarine Cable System (MENA-SCS) to assist with
international sales and the commercialization of a new submarine
cable system known as MENA Cable, connecting Europe to Middle
East and India.
The MENA cable system is independent of other builds in the
region and is set to become the primary route for those seeking
connectivity between Europe and
Asia.
The MENA cable system spans three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia). Currently the cable lands in five
countries: Italy, Egypt, KSA, Oman, India, and in conjunction with TW1
cable to UAE and Pakistan. The
cable also includes branching units to cover further expansions to
Europe, Levant and East Africa. It consists of five fiber pairs,
each pair expandable to 8 TB/s totaling to an ultimate capacity of
40 TB/s. MENA cable length is 9,030km of
which 930km is a terrestrial fiber cable crossing Egypt.
As part of the remit, APTelecom will assist MENA-SCS with the
commercialization aspects of their network. "We are honored to be a
part of such an important project in one of the world's
fastest-growing telecom markets and working within the MENA-SCS
team to help bring their plans to fruition," said Sean Bergin, Co-Founder and President of
APTelecom and Advisory Council Member of the Pacific
Telecommunications Council (PTC).
Beshr Chamssi, Chief Commercial Officer of MENA-SCS stated, "We
are pleased to play a major role in the development of this new
connection between Europe ,
Middle East and India affording a roll-out of the applications
needed to meet carriers' voracious demands for bandwidth over the
next decade."
Both APTelecom and MENA-SCS will be attending ITW '15 in
Chicago from May 11 – 13, and are currently accepting meeting
requests to discuss the cable system. To arrange a meeting with
APTelecom and MENA-SCS please email itwmeetings@aptelecom.com.
For more information on APTelecom please visit their newly
launched website at www.APTelecom.com, and follow them on
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Additionally, to learn more about APTelecom's signature 'State of
Subsea' expert event series, please visit
www.stateofsubsea.com.
ABOUT MENA-SCS:
Middle East and North Africa
Submarine Cable Systems (MENA-SCS) is a subsidiary of Orascom
Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT). MENA-SCS has developed,
constructed, owns and operates a submarine telecommunications
system connecting Europe to the
Middle East and South East Asia. MENA cable infrastructure,
together with already existing cables, is expected to cover current
and future international communications requirements among
Egypt, the Arab World,
India and Europe.
Find more at www.mena-scs.com.
ABOUT APTELECOM:
APTelecom is a leading telecom and fiber consulting company
specializing in emerging markets. APTelecom combines superior
customer service, cost-competitive telecom products, and deep
experience across a wide range of sectors in the submarine cable
and fiber industry to help clients achieve intelligent, sustainable
growth. Among the company's core offerings are submarine
cable pre-sales, established system sales, due diligence telecom
consulting, cloud-based solutions and security, and strategic fiber
consulting services.
APTelecom has been named the "Sales Team of the Year" by the
Customer Sales and Service Awards, and also captured the "Fastest
Growing Companies" Best in Biz EMEA Silver Award. The company
has been sought after for commentary on emerging market trends and
been featured in dozens of media outlets,
including TechTalk, Wall Street Journal, Fox
Business Network, Reuters, Yahoo News, Fierce Telecom,
SubTel Forum, and Commsday
International, among others.
APTelecom is a member of TRACE International, and is FCPA
compliant and certified.
* APTelecom's 'State of Subsea' is a 501(c) organization
(501c), a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based
in the United
States, and is covered under United States
Internal Revenue Code (26
U.S.C. § 501(c)).
Media Contact: North 6th Agency, Inc. (For APTelecom)
aptelecom@n6a.com
212.335.9753
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