Israeli telecom major Bezeq is going after Egypt’s data corridor dominance

Israel’s biggest telecom company, Bezeq, is making a play for a bigger piece of the subsea cable market, with CEO Tomer Raved telling Reuters it is deploying a 400-terabyte cable connecting Europe to Asia. Work on two other cables could start later this year, he claimed.

Bezeq is making a play to challenge Egypt’s dominance in subsea cables, saying the new line will “position Israel as the digital backbone, not just of the region, but globally, given the need for more connectivity in the region and between the different continents.”

IN CONTEXT- Some 90% of the Asia-Europe dataflows pass through Egypt and its Red Sea cables networks. Cables in the Red Sea suffered disruptions in March and September 2025. Demand for capacity will only grow as the UAE, Saudi, Qatar, and Egypt position the region as a new global hub for data centers.

Watch this space: After what we’ve seen since the outbreak of the war in the Gulf, you can expect the words “redundancy” and “hardening” to be at the center of every regional infrastructure company’s pitch for the next decade.