The Africa-1 consortium, formed of Etisalat, G42, Mobily, Pakistan Telecommunication Company, Telecom Egypt and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have started the implementation of a new telecommunications optical submarine network.
The 10,000 km cable will supply 8 fiber pairs to connect Africa and the Middle East to Pakistan and Westward to Europe, increasing the available transmission capacity between Asia and Europe.
The Africa-1 system is expected to be ready for operation by end 2023 and will initially have landings in Kenya, Djibouti, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and France. The system will also land in Sudan, cross Egypt through diverse new terrestrial routes on the way to France, and further connect other countries in the Mediterranean such as Algeria, Tunisia and Italy.
ASN starts construction on Africa-1 subsea cable
03 February 2021 | Natalie Bannerman Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has confirmed that it has started construction of the Africa-1 subsea cable connecting Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
The system is backed by a consortium made up of Etisalat, G42, Mobily, Pakistan Telecommunication Company and Telecom Egypt, with more companies expected to join in the near future.
The 10,000km system will deliver 8 fibre pairs to connect Africa and the Middle East eastward to Pakistan and westward to Europe, increasing the available transmission capacity between Asia and Europe.
The cable will also feature ASN 1620 Softnode transmission equipment, featuring high performance 200/300/400 Gb/s advanced coherent XWAV line cards.
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The construction of Africa-1, a new subsea telecom system to connect Africa, the Middle East and Europe, is now under way.
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), which provides all elements of turnkey global undersea transmission systems, has announced that, further to the supply contract coming into force, the members of the Africa-1 consortium have started the implementation of a new telecommunications optical submarine network.
Ziaur Rehman told reporters later that he had provided all relevant documents to the NAB. Photo courtesy Daily Times
PESHAWAR: Ziaur Rehman, a serving Provincial Management Service (PMS) officer and younger brother of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, appeared before the National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday in connection with an inquiry into his induction in the provincial bureaucracy around a decade ago.
The NAB claims to have learned that Mr Rehman, a former commissioner of Afghan Commissionerate, was illegally absorbed in the PMS cadre in 2007 against the prescribed rules during the then Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government led by chief minister Akram Khan Durrani of the JUI-F.
The National Accountability Bureau has summoned Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s son-in-law Fayaz Ali on Jan 28 as part of an ongoing inquiry into his alleged illegal assets. Photo courtesy: NAB website/File
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau has summoned Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s son-in-law Fayaz Ali on Jan 28 as part of an ongoing inquiry into his alleged illegal assets.
The NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa issued a ‘call-up notice’ to Fayaz Ali, who is also the son of JUI-F central leader Haji Ghulam Ali, asking him to appear before a combined investigation team (CIT) at the bureau’s regional office in Peshawar to record his statement about assets.