Oman to Become Hub for Region's First Terabit Cable System

Omantel, the national telecoms operator in Oman, has signed a dual landing station agreement with FLAG Telecom for the FALCON cable system. This new high-capacity resilient loop will provide multiple landings throughout the Gulf region, with submarine links stretching to Egypt in the west and to Hong Kong in the east. The Gulf loop and east and west links will interconnect at two landings in Oman. Omantel has also signed a capacity agreement with FLAG Telecom, purchasing international connectivity on the FALCON cable system, providing direct connectivity to any point on the FLAG global network.



Leaving the Gulf, the western link of the FALCON system follows a route across the top of the Arabian Sea and through the Red Sea, where it will interconnect with FLAG's global network at Telecom Egypt's landing station at Suez. Travelling from Oman along its easterly link, FALCON will cross the Arabian Sea to a new Reliance-owned landing station at Mumbai, India. At this point FALCON will interconnect to Reliance's pan-India 80,000 km backbone network. From Chennai, on the east coast of India, FALCON will link India to Hong Kong where the cable will once again integrate with FLAG's global network. http://www.flagtelecom.com/