COUNTRY FOCUS: KSA
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tihad Etisalat “Mobily” has successfully
completed the implementation of
regional interconnection project with
Iraq by the high-speed fibre-optic network to
be part of a broadband network.
The implementation of the project included
the provision of special infrastructure of fibre-
optic cables stretching for a distance of more
than 80kms from the city of Arar, in Northern
borders of Saudi Arabia to the Iraqi border,
which allows greater speed and addition of
new telecom markets in the Middle East.
This comes as an extension to Mobily’s
strategic projects that included
interconnecting Kuwait, UAE, Qatar,
Bahrain and Jordan, in addition to the three
international marine cables connecting
Jeddah and Khobar, which allows Mobily to
provide high-quality services in collaboration
with global partners in telecom sector and
through its highly reliable infrastructure.
It is worth mentioning that Mobily has local
FTTH network extending more than 22000
kilometres between the cities in addition
to the most advanced FTTH metro network
within cities extending more than 5,000 which
provides unprecedented speeds that reach up
to 200 Mbps with stability in the connectivity
performance and minimum possible delay
and high transfer capacity ensuring high level
of quality service.
Moreover, this project enhances Mobily’s
regional and international presence, where
Mobily can provide voice and data various
international services, and most significantly
IPLC services, IPLC Transit services, Global
MPLS services, MPLS Transit services and IP
Transit services).
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