Coral Bridge subsea cable connects Egypt and Jordan after 25 years

CAIRO/AMMAN - Telecom (BCBA:TECO2m) Egypt and NaiTel have completed the laying of the "Coral Bridge" subsea cable connecting Egypt and Jordan, marking the first direct subsea cable between the two countries in over 25 years, according to a press release issued Thursday.

The 15-kilometer cable has landed in Taba, Egypt, and Aqaba, Jordan, creating an express digital link across the Gulf of Aqaba. The cable is equipped with 48 fiber pairs and designed to transport over 1 Petabit of data traffic.

On the Egyptian side, Coral Bridge is the first telecommunications subsea system to land at Telecom Egypt’s new cable landing point in Taba, part of the company’s recently established international digital infrastructure in the Sinai Peninsula.

In Jordan, the cable landed at Aqaba Digital Hub’s (ADH) Tier III carrier-neutral facility, which supports redundancy and recovery strategies for businesses, including enterprises and hyperscalers hosted in the data center.

The cable is designed to provide seamless onward connectivity across Asia, Africa, and Europe by leveraging both countries’ strategic locations and Telecom Egypt’s extensive subsea ecosystem.

"Coral Bridge is more than just a cable—it’s a strategic asset for the entire region," said Eyad Abu Khorma, Founder and CEO of Aqaba Digital Hub.

Mohamed Nasr, Managing Director and CEO at Telecom Egypt, stated that the strategic proximity between Taba and Aqaba "creates a vital opportunity to establish a robust corridor for data connectivity across the Middle East and Europe."

The cable’s short length is expected to significantly reduce latency and lower data costs, supporting growing demand for data-intensive digital applications such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

NaiTel is a licensed telecommunications service provider in Jordan and the telecom arm of Aqaba Digital Hub, while Telecom Egypt is a total telecom operator in Egypt and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region.

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