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TE North (Telecom Egypt North) is a submarine telecommunications cable linking France and Egypt developed by Alcatel-Lucent.[1] The cable system is 3,100 km long with a capacity of up to 1.28 Tbit/s over 8 fibre pairs.[2] The cable system expands the service footprint of the existing TE transit corridor by offering additional transit services in the Mediterranean. The cable was launched in 2010 and was later upgraded to utilise 40G channels in the summer of 2011, becoming the first cable in the Mediterranean to utilise this technology. The cable has landing points in:

  1. Marseille,[1] Bouches-du-Rhône, France
  2. Abu Talat,[2] Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

References

  1. ^ a b "Telecom Egypt awards Alcatel-Lucent new submarine cable contract worth US$125 million". Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  2. ^ a b "TE North cable system upgraded to 40G". Retrieved 2012-02-14.