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French company delivering EPEG equipment to Iran
TIN news: Iran has accelerated the development of the Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) project on its territory with the scheme expected to become fully operational by late 2016, Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi told .
He said Iran has recently signed a 145 million-euro deal with France's Alcatel to purchase the required equipment for the project. "Alcatel has delivered half of the equipment for EPEG while the remainder is being supplied," added Vaezi.
In June 2011, a consortium of four leading telecom carriers from four countries signed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement for a new cable system called the Europe-Persia Express Gateway.
The system is to run from Germany across Eastern Europe, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and the Persian Gulf to Barka in the Sultanate of Oman.
The route via Azerbaijan is to be organized using the capacity of Delta Telecom — the EPEG associated partner.
EPEG's design capacity is up to 3.2 terra bits per second, with a total length of 10,000 kilometers, some 9,500 kilometers of which is an onshore fiber cable.
In June 2011, a consortium of four leading telecom carriers from four countries signed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement for a new cable system called the Europe-Persia Express Gateway.
The system is to run from Germany across Eastern Europe, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and the Persian Gulf to Barka in the Sultanate of Oman.
The route via Azerbaijan is to be organized using the capacity of Delta Telecom — the EPEG associated partner.
EPEG's design capacity is up to 3.2 terra bits per second, with a total length of 10,000 kilometers, some 9,500 kilometers of which is an onshore fiber cable.