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Israel\u2019s <\/strong>biggest telecom company, Bezeq, is making a play for a bigger piece of the <\/strong>subsea cable market<\/strong>, with CEO Tomer Raved telling Reuters<\/a> it is deploying a 400-terabyte cable connecting Europe to Asia. Work on two other cables could start later this year, he claimed. <\/p>\n

Bezeq is making a play to challenge Egypt\u2019s dominance in subsea cables<\/strong>, saying the new line will \u201cposition 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.\u201d <\/p>\n

IN CONTEXT- <\/strong>Some 90%<\/a><\/strong> of the Asia-Europe dataflows pass through Egypt<\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n

Watch this space: <\/strong>After what we\u2019ve seen since the outbreak of the war in the Gulf, you can expect the words \u201credundancy\u201d and \u201chardening\u201d to be at the center of every regional infrastructure company\u2019s pitch for the next decade. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Redundancy is increasingly necessary for the Europe-Asia data corridor, but the question is whether this would undermine Egypt\u2019s prominence as a data transit 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