Telecom Egypt signs agreement with Bharti Airtel to use MENA Cables fiber pairs

Telecom Egypt (TE) signed yesterday an agreement with Indian telecom company Bharti Airtel that will grant the latter the right to use fiber pairs from TE’s recently-acquired MENA Cables, according to a TE statement to the EGX (pdf). The agreement will allow Airtel to use MENA Cables’ fiber pairs running from Egypt to India through Saudi Arabia and Oman, fiber pairs running from Egypt towards Italy, and another from Egypt to France. TE had acquired MENA Cables from Orascom Telecom Media and Technology in May.