"Zain" and "Omantel" participates in the expansion of a cable connecting the Middle East with Europe through Iraq

The General Communications and Informatics company of the Iraqi Ministry of Communications has signed a contract with the “Zain-Omant International” Alliance (ZOE) to expand land communication cables through the Saudi Araria and the Kuwaiti Safwanan to go through the Iraqi area to Turkey and then to the European continent. At the press meeting that followed the signing ceremony of the Baghdad contract, Iraqi Communications Minister Hayam Al -Yasiri said that the purpose of this agreement, which will be followed by other agreements, is to make Iraq an important regional communication to link international communication to Turkey to Europe through a short, safe and easier wilder country. She explained in an interview with “Al -Sharq” that the communications network crossing Iraq goes through two naval cables in the FAO and then wild cables over the Iraqi area to Türkiye. Noted that the new is in the agreement to go through wild cables of two drivers with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and another agreement can be signed to contact Jordan at a later stage via an outlet. Also read: The Iraqi Communications Authority bet on collecting debt to improve its income. Iraq had previously signed agreements with the Saudi Stc businesses to land a third marine cable in the port of Al -FAW, and with the Kuwaiti “Zajil” to expand the network through the Safwan port, according to the Iraqi official, which indicated that the next phase would see other similar contracts with the Qatari “and the Bahrain Emirati. CEO of the Zain-Aveno International Alliance, said during an interview with Al-Sharq that the Link network will stretch 10,000 km from the Arab Gulf region across the Iraqi area to Turkey and then to cities in Western Europe, such as Frankfurt and Marseille.