In cooperation with neighbouring countries, we have developed an extensive submarine fibre optic cable network in the Eastern Mediterranean basin, employing state-of-the-art technology and full restoration, to connect Cyprus with these countries and international networks beyond... and we are continuously evaluating the connection to other planned fibre optic networks, the world over.

The following submarine fibre optic cable systems currently in service, land in Cyprus, at three separate Cytaglobal cable landing stations, namely Ayia Napa, Pentaskhinos and Yeroskipos:

APHRODITE 2 - westwards to Greece and thereafter via ARIANE 2 cable system to Europe and beyond
This cable interconnects with ARIANE 2, of which Cytaglobal is a major co-owner, and stretches from Crete in Greece to Marseilles, France. It provides PDH digital backbone facilities connecting Cyprus to Europe, the US and the rest of the world.

CIOS - eastwards to Israel
This is a repeaterless cable system of SDH technology connecting Cyprus directly with Israel.

CADMOS - eastwards to Lebanon
This is a repeaterless cable system of SDH technology connecting Cyprus directly with two separate landing stations in Lebanon.

UGARIT - eastwards to Syria
This is a repeaterless SDH cable system directly connecting Cyprus and Syria and via terrestrial extensions, with Jordan.

SEA ME WE 3 - southwards via Egypt, to the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia, China and Australia, and westwards to Europe, traversing the Mediterranean and North Sea, all the way to Germany
This is a 20 Gbit/s submarine fibre optic cable network noted for its huge traffic-carrying capacity, linking the Pacific Rim, South East Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe, through a multitude of landing stations. Its total length of about 40,000 km makes it the longest submarine fibre optic cable network in the world… click here to view network map

LEV - eastwards to Israel, and westwards to Italy
This is a state-of-the-art cable system connecting Cyprus with Israel and Italy and thereafter via MED NAUTILUS cable system to Greece, Europe and beyond… click here to view network map

MINERVA - An independent private cable subsystem forming a direct self-healing ring between Cyprus and Italy, and through Telecom Italia Sparkle Pan-European networks, connecting to the rest of Europe, the US and beyond.

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Two high capacity coastal links - TEFKROS and KINYRAS - interconnect all landing points in Cyprus (Ayia Napa, Pentaskhinos and Yeroskipos), thereby securing all-wet routes for regional and international traffic. The two coastal links are further protected with terrestrial SDH self-healing rings.

Cytaglobal is continuously evaluating the connection of Cyprus to other planned fibre optic networks the world over. By co-owning, buying or leasing capacity, we participate, in many other major regional and global submarine cable systems such as AC 1 , ARIANE 2 , BSFOCS, CELTIC , COLUMBUS III , MED NAUTILUS , SAT3 , TAT 12-13 , TAT 14 and OTRANTO-CORFU.

In particular, Cytaglobal has actively participated in the planning and implementation of BSFOCS (Black Sea Fibre Optic Cable System) that interconnects Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia and extends to the Cytaglobal fibre optic cable network, via cable systems along the route Bulgaria-Greece-Cyprus... click here to view a map of cable systems in the Black Sea region.

As a major co-owner and Network Administrator of submarine cable systems, Cytaglobal facilitates the acquisition of capacity on systems landing in Cyprus. Through Cytaglobal, owners of capacity in such cable systems, have access to considerable reserve capacity in other submarine cables connecting Cyprus to rapidly developing neighbouring countries.

…click here to view Commercial Conditions for acquisition of capacity on these cable systems
 
…click here to view technical information about these cable systems

Our experienced professionals can provide consultation, integration, administration and central billing services, for submarine cable systems on a global scale. In particular, Cyta and Cytaglobal currently offer Central Billing Services and Network Administration Services to APHRODITE 2 , CADMOS and UGARIT cable systems. Furthermore, Cytaglobal provides Overall Restoration Liaison Officer (ORLO) services for these cable systems, and has been appointed as the Commercial Network Administrator of BSFOCS .

In providing total fibre management, we can also plan, co-ordinate and execute restoration of PDH and SDH submarine cable links via reserve cable capacity owned either exclusively or in part by Cytaglobal… more services

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