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PEACE Cable Completes Connection of Pakistan-Egypt Segment to Connect

to Marsielle, France

The Pakistani-Egypt segment of the Pakistan and East Africa 15,000km long (9,320m). It runs south from Pakistan to Kenya and
Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea cable has achieved its the Seychelles with plans to land in South Africa. The subsea cable
final splice, allowing for connectivity from Karachi, Pakistan to which started development in 2017 offers a low-latency route from
Marseille, France. PEACE Cable International Network confirmed Asia into Africa and Europe and has the capability to transmit
the completion of the construction and laying of the subsea cable capacity of 16Tbps per fiber pair. PEACE claims that the new
with network service provider Cybernet, to connect Karachi with subsea cable will reduce latency between Pakistan and France to
Zafarana, Egypt. In total this segment spans a total length of 92 milliseconds. Earlier this year it was announced that the PEACE
5,800km (3,600 miles). The cable lands at Interxion's Marseille cable would be extended out east to Singapore. The 6,500km
MRS2 data center for its landing station architecture, with the extension, announced in partnership with Ooredoo Maldives, will
French city a strategic location for Europe's subsea cables, with land in Kulhudhufushi, the Maldives, with potential landings points
PEACE becoming the 15th to connect to the region. Cybernet is the in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
landing partner for the PEACE subsea cable and through its Cable
Landing Station in Karachi, it will be able to enable connectivity
across Pakistan via the company's fiber network. "With Cybernet,
we will bring much-needed redundancy to Pakistan's Internet
backbone and provide users with high-speed traffic to meet the
rapidly growing demand for internet access in different types of
digital scenarios in Pakistan," said PEACE Cable COO Sun Xiaohua.
Cybernet COO Maroof Ali Shahani added: "We have completed a
key segment of the PEACE submarine cable system, from Pakistan
to France, which will have a tremendous impact on the digital
landscape in Pakistan. "The cable system will help the nation
stay connected with the world in an ever-changing technological
landscape.” The cable has a capacity of up to 96Tbps for the
Pakistan-Egypt segment, and even more at 192Tbps for the
Mediterranean segment from Egypt to France. PEACE is operated
by Hong-Kong based telecoms company PCCW Global and is

Egypt to Manufacture Nokia Mobile Phones

Nokia mobile phones are to be manufactured in Egypt following owns the Nokia brand and Etisal Company for Advances Industries
an agreement signed last week between HMD International, which (EAI). The agreement which aims to produce one million mobile
devices of different models within the current year was signed
between Tamer El-Gamal, General Manager of HMD in Egypt and
Ahmed Abu Auf, the Managing Director of EAI and the Egyptian
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Production is expected to double in the coming period. According
to a statement by the Communications Ministry, HMD will use EAI's
factory in Sixth of October City to produce both smart phones and
older "dumb" phones, without disclosing whether the products
will be exported or sold domestically. As part of the agreement
HMD will also provide the factory with raw materials, technical
support, inspection and testing tools, and calibration equipment.
The company will also provide technical and technological training
the statement said. After Samsung, Nokia is the most popular
mobile phone brand in Egypt. In 2019 Telecom Egypt signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Finnish company
to provide Internet of Things (IoT) services to businesses in Egypt.

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