By: Basel Khaled - Nahla makled
Telecom Egypt, the first integrated telecom operator in Egypt and one of the largest submarine cable operators in the Middle East and Africa region, signed an agreement with Google International, according to which transit services for Google's international traffic will be provided at the level of Internet protocols (IP Layer), which is the first of its kind in the field of Transit, through the Egyptian terrestrial international network for communications across the Egyptian territory. Under it, Google will obtain international capacities for Europe across the Mediterranean on the TE North submarine cable system owned by Telecom Egypt.
Through this project, Telecom Egypt will provide the highest levels of protection for Google's data traffic through submarine cable landing stations on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, which are linked to several land paths across Egyptian territory, where the network will redirect private international data traffic With Google from one path to another when required, with high flexibility and a high-speed interchangeability with a routing time not exceeding 50 milliseconds. In addition, Telecom Egypt is providing the highest levels of availability for Google's international transactional traffic with its SLA portal.
For his part, Mark Sokol, Director of Infrastructure for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Google, said: We are pleased to sign this agreement with Telecom Egypt, which will enhance the levels of protection and superior availability of the international movement of Google's global network crossing the Arab Republic of Egypt from Asia to Europe, and we are also looking forward to more The fruitful and continuous cooperation between the two companies.
For his part, Eng. Adel Hamed, Managing Director and CEO of Telecom Egypt, said that it is our pleasure to work with Google and support its expansion to provide the highest levels of protection and accessibility to its international data traffic, locally and internationally. This agreement is in line with the company’s strategy towards establishing Egypt’s prestigious position as a global digital hub connecting the world’s continents and optimizing the multi-network infrastructure solutions provided by Telecom Egypt, which are characterized by the lowest data transfer time, the highest flexibility in messaging networks and the multiplicity of international traffic routes that extend across the Mediterranean. Through Egypt to Singapore. "
On the other hand, Hisham Al-Nazer, Google's Regional Director in Egypt, said that in light of the rapid growth of Internet capacity in the Arab Republic of Egypt, this agreement will contribute to enhancing the capacity of transit traffic capacities and increasing usage rates. We always strive to provide a better user experience for our customers by improving communication in Egypt and all over the world. "
For his part, Saif Muneeb, Executive Vice President for International Affairs and Operators of Telecom Egypt, is pleased to cooperate with Google, which comes in light of the continuous efforts made by Telecom Egypt to develop its international network. Despite the exceptional circumstances imposed by the Corona pandemic during the year 2020, the company continued to Development works to provide the best level of infrastructure services to its international clients, as the company built new submarine cable landing stations during the current year that were connected through different ground paths across the Egyptian territories, bringing the total number of landing stations with the company to 10 stations in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The total number of ground tracks is 10.
Telecom Egypt provides the international community with transit networks for international traffic through the Arab Republic of Egypt with the lowest data transfer time and the shortest connection methods between Africa, Asia and Europe through Egypt's distinguished geographical location in the heart of the world, as well as the continuous development operations that the company undertakes to modernize its infrastructure. This has strengthened the company’s position and made it the global partner of choice for many international telecom companies over the years.
In addition, Telecom Egypt is working continuously to develop and diversify its infrastructure across multiple levels, by establishing more marine landing stations in addition to more transit routes, in addition to investing in building new network systems and solutions in order to meet the increasing global demand for capacity. International and maintaining the highest levels of availability and protection, as Telecom Egypt developed its multi-network solutions extending across the Mediterranean, via Egypt, to Singapore.
