Oman and UAE to Build a New Submarine Cable
The State of Oman, as a country with a well-developed cable industry, enjoys an advantage in the use of electricity for people's lives and the country, and the country also attaches great importance to the development of the submarine cable industry at home and abroad and is committed to building cables that are more ahead of their time.
Oman Signs Agreement in the Submarine Cable Investment Sector
Arab News reported on Feb. 5 that Saudi Arabia and Oman signed an executive agreement on Feb. 4 in the field of communications, information technology infrastructure, and submarine fiber optic cable investments.
The agreement was signed by the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Omani Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology.
Saudi Press Agency reported, "The agreement aims to take advantage of the two countries' geographical locations to promote investment in submarine and land cables that traverse both countries."
The signing of the agreement will create a common working environment for strengthening cooperation in the areas of communications and information technology services infrastructure, and high-speed digital interconnection in data exchange between the two countries.
The agreement also aims to support the development of the digital economy by investing in entities and concessionaires that will drive regional digital connectivity and expand investment in global data centers and cloud services.
Oman and UAE Collaborate On Submarine Cables
Oman then announced that Omani mobile operator Omantel and du, the second largest telecom operator in the UAE, have joined forces to establish a new undersea fiber optic cable as a unique fast-track link between Oman and the UAE.
Omental and du2 have joined forces to connect the Sultanate of Oman and the UAE via a newly activated 275-kilometer international marine fiber optic cable.
Named the Oman UAE Gateway (OEG), the cable will meet changing market demands for increased speed, expanded connectivity, an enhanced customer experience, and a broader range of business services.
Currently, Oman and the UAE are connected via terrestrial and submarine lines, and the new OEG cable system will serve as a fast connection between the two countries.
This partnership will reaffirm Omantel and Du's position as a leading wholesale player, supporting the development of the region as a new and promising global communications hub.
Talal Al Mamari, CEO of Omantel, said, "I am delighted to announce this partnership with du. This direct, dedicated channel will synergize Omantel's goals as a global wholesale hub and Du's as a regional data center, bringing significant benefits to our wholesale and enterprise customers. Both companies will also be able to further expand their networks with greater efficiency and better connectivity, which will have a significant positive impact in terms of service quality and product offerings."
The importance of this partnership is reflected in the fact that it is the first regional fiber optic submarine cable connecting two international data centers - Equinix MC1 in Barka, Oman, and Datamena DX1 in Dubai, UAE.
The link will be a major enabler for hyper-scale companies, content providers, and international operators currently hosting these data centers to take advantage of better connectivity services and higher capacity, and will be able to directly connect their points of presence (POPs) in the region.
The increase in connectivity between the two data centers will also attract more global players to the region and improve the quality of connectivity, which in turn will boost the customer experience," added Al Mamari.
Fahad Al Hassawi, CEO of du, said, "We are delighted to enter into this partnership with Omantel. The agreement comes from a shared vision of a new strategic direction that will help both companies optimize their assets and positions in local, regional, and global markets. OEG will trigger additional investments in the region and boost the performance of our wholesale and enterprise customers by bringing about a massive transformation that will pass further down to the community. We share Omantel's vision of transforming the region into a global telecom hub and have been working hard to introduce cutting-edge solutions to our customers."
Collaborative Submarine Cable Scale
The ZMS cable supplier understands that the OEG submarine cable is 275 kilometers long, with no current fiber optic under ocean capacity or supplier announced. The companies are calling it a "first-of-its-kind regional fiber submarine cable" that will connect to two international data centers, Equinix MC1 in Barka, Oman, and Datamena DX1 in Dubai, UAE.
Launched in 2018, Equinix MC1 provides 18,600 square feet (approximately 1,727 square meters) of data center space and houses 750 IT cabinets at full capacity.
And data mean DX1 was launched by Du in 2012 and gave it access to multi-service access points (PoPs) back in 2013.
Oman and the UAE were already landing sites for several undersea communication cables before this partnership, including AAE-1, FALCON, 2Africa, and others.
Omantel has invested in more than 20 marine optical fiber cable systems worldwide and has five submarine cable landing stations in Oman, as well as several outbound connections to terrestrial links in neighboring countries.
The ocean fiber optic cable transmission project is an important part of the construction of a cross-sea networking project, which is of great significance in the process of realizing the internationalization of the power grid and regional power grid interconnection.
In recent years, more and more countries have started to focus on laying submarine cables linking other countries to be able to improve the rapid development of various information and remote communication within the country.
Advantages of Submarine Cables
1 Easy Lay And Low Cost
In the submarine laying, there is no need to dig a trench or support with brackets as in the land laying, so the laying cost is low, the investment is less, and the construction speed is also fast.
2 Not Easily Damaged By Human Interference
For submarine fiber optic cable, seawater can also prevent interference from external electromagnetic waves, increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of the cable and improving the communication quality of the cable.
Nowadays, the relationship between submarine pipelines and people's daily life is getting closer and closer.
If there is no submarine pipeline, the transmission of offshore oil and gas may be blocked; if there is no submarine fiber optic cable, it will not be able to support the global Internet, and we will not be able to access the Internet, phone calls, etc. with ease.
In addition to the oil and gas and communications industries need to lay pipelines in the seabed, many other industries such as marine scientific research, marine military construction, etc. need to lay cables and fiber optic cables in the seabed.
The development of the marine economy will be inseparable from the construction of marine power transmission, the global energy Internet initiative is also gradually implemented, and intra-continental interconnection and intercontinental interconnection are required for power-based, these are new development opportunities for undersea cables.
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