The Medusa Submarine Cable System, which will connect several ports across South Europe and North Africa, has begun construction works. When completed, the 8,700 kilometres route will link Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. The cable is being developed by Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Elettra Tlc, Medusa and Orange. ...

Middle Eastern hyperscale data centre developer Khazna Data Centers said it will invest in its first Egypt-based project with Benya Group. The new US$250 million data centre will be Egypt’s first hyperscale facility to date and will be built at the Maadi Technology Park, Egypt’s first specialised investment zone. With an expected capacity of 25 MW of IT load, Khazna,...

Telecom Egypt has announced a new chief executive will take over as current CEO Eng. Adel Hamed Ibrahim Gadallah is to assume a new role at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The board has approved subsea expert Eng. Mohamed Nasr Eldin Mohamed Ali to succeed Gadallah and he will take on the role of Managing Director and CEO of the company. However...