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be able to expand our reach to Europe presence, has achieved major domestic becomes an important partner and
via Grid Telecom’s extensive network and international business partnerships strong ally for our regional expansion and
in and beyond Greece.” The Director of and is already recognized as a key provider highlights the strong market confidence to
Grid Telecom, Mr. Georgios Psyrris, said: in the wholesale telecommunications our Company’s further growth prospects”.
"Grid Telecom, in its only three years of market. With this MoU, Telecom Egypt

Telecom Egypt Extends Its Network Reach Through SEA-ME-WE 6 Cable
and Provides It a Unique Crossing Route Over Its Distinctive Infrastructure

Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated
telecom operator and one of the largest
subsea cables operators in the region,
announced that it is extending its reach
through the Southeast Asia-Middle East-
Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE 6) subsea
cable, as part of the cable’s consortium.
The new cable will cross Egypt over the
company’s distinctive infrastructure
through trans-Egypt’s new geo diversified
crossings and landing points from the
other cables in the SEA-ME-WE family. With
the rising demand for connectivity coupled
with the dynamic digital transformations
that are triggering higher levels of data
transfers from Asia to Europe, SEA-ME-
WE 6 provides an additional layer of
diversity and resilience for the high traffic can rapidly scale capacity, protect traffic 19,200 km-long submarine cable system
density route between Asia and Europe, from faults, and lower total cost of network connecting multiple countries between
strengthening the overall network of each ownership. The system is expected to be Singapore and France. The SEA-ME-WE
consortium partner. The added flexibility completed by the first quarter of 2025.
means service providers in the consortium The construction has commenced on a

YahClick to Expand Its Africa Network with Clear

Blue

YahClick, the satellite broadband service said a press release from the satellite bringing wireless power management
of UAE-based global satellite operator telecom operator. Our partnership with solutions to unserved and underserved
Yahsat, is teaming up with an off-grid Clear Blue delivers clean off-grid power populations.” With well over a billion people
power company Clear Blue Technologies to enable our proven, high speed, reliable, unconnected in Africa, the economic need
to expand its services of offering high- and affordable broadband connectivity to provide telecommunication services
speed connectivity in Africa. "As a global for Africa’s leading network providers to underserved populations remains a
Tier 1 satellite service provider, YahClick of choice,” said Farhad Khan, CEO of key driver across the continent. Mordor
continues to strengthen its presence as YahClick. Miriam Tuerk, Co-founder & Intelligence indicates that to meet the
a market leader in bringing connectivity CEO of Clear Blue, noted, “YahClick is a growing telecom demand for services
across Africa. Initial installations under leader in broadband and satellite services globally, over US$4.47 billion in spending
this partnership will begin in early 2022 across Africa. We are thrilled to be their on powering telecom tower rollouts will
for sites in Nigeria and Zambia, with an partner as they roll out their customer occur in 2022, growing to US$5.25 billion
estimated target of close to 1,000 sites to networks across Africa. And this is only in 2025, a 3.25% CAGR.
be installed over the next 12 to 24 months," the beginning of Clear Blue’s role in

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