Cyta's Stabilising the Region's Telecommunication Needs, Khaleej

CYPRUS Stabilising the region’s telecommunication needs Cytaglobal implements state- com Italia Sparkle announced a new KIMONAS subsea cable subsystem that of-the-art networks to link links Cyprus and Crete. KIMONAS is Cyta’s Cyprus and neighbouring first wholly-owned optical fibre cable subsystem that connects Cyprus and Greece. countries to the world The subsystem, which connects Cyta’s cable station in Pentaskhinos with MedNautilus Cyta, a leading telecommunications opera- Cable Station in Chania, complements tor in Cyprus, provides the full spectrum of alternative Cyta’s segments on the advanced telecommunication products and MedNautilus subsea cable network, and in services, covering fixed and mobile voice particular, the MINERVA and ATHENA and data communications, Internet, IPTV, rings that connect Cyprus with Sicily, and broadband and value added services. Athens with Crete, respectively. Cytaglobal, a strategic business unit under Extending to Athens through the ATHENA Cyta's National and International Wholesale ring and beyond to Bulgaria via Thessalon- Market Division, manages related activities iki, by utilising fibre infrastructure of whol- and specialises in providing global electron- network that connects Cyprus with neigh- ly-owned subsidiary Cyta Hellas in Greece, ic communication products and services. bouring countries including Greece, Italy, KIMONAS will facilitate the creation of a new The organisation operates an extensive Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and thereafter with telecommunications corridor, connecting satellite network with three teleport sites, the rest of the world. the Balkans and Central Europe with Egypt and more than 30 major satellite antennas, This cable network uses state-of-the-art and other Middle East destinations, via providing connectivity with major satellite technology, full restoration and diversity, Cyprus. At the same time, it will allow inter- systems. The services offered range from and includes several submarine fibre optic connection to Turkey in the East and Italy satellite television on a permanent and oc- cable systems that land in Cyprus at three and other European destinations in the casional basis to international telephony, separate Cytaglobal cable landing stations, West, through Telecom Italia Sparkle’s monitoring services, data and Internet con- namely Ayia Napa, Pentaskhinos and network. The new KIMONAS cable subsys- nectivity. The teleports also offer VSAT ser- Yeroskipos. tem provides synergies for the Cyta Group vices, hosting services to third parties, and Two high capacity coastal links — via a common Cyprus — Greece front, creat- serve as a video head-end for Cyta’s IPTV TEFKROS and KINYRAS — interconnect all ing a major telecommunications bridge offering in the Cyprus market. landing points in Cyprus (Ayia Napa, between East and West. Cytaglobal is particularly active in the area Pentaskhinos and Yeroskipos), thereby se- Through its global network, Cytaglobal of international undersea fibre optic cables, curing all-wet routes for regional and inter- provides a wide range of international providing wholesale products and services national traffic. telecommunications products, services and on a global basis. Taking advantage Cytaglobal is continuously evaluating the total solutions, making Cyprus a major of the island’s strategic geographical connection of Cyprus to other planned fibre telecommunications hub in the eastern position, the organisation has developed optic networks the world over. Mediterranean and an excellent interna- an extensive undersea fibre optic cable In November 2015, Cytaglobal and Tele- tional electronic communications centre. This cable network uses state-of-the- art technology, full restoration and diversity, and includes several submarine fibre optic cable systems that land in Cyprus at three separate Cytaglobal cable landing stations, namely Ayia Napa, Pentaskhinos and Yeroskipos. 20 NOVEMBER 00, 2016 KHALEEJ TIMES | SPECIAL REPORT.

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