Telecom Egypt Signs Sharm El Sheikh–Taba Cable Deal

Publication Staff, Telecom Egypt
September 3, 2026

Telecom Egypt has signed an agreement with Power Sub Link to construct a submarine cable between Sharm El Sheikh and Taba, extending the operator’s Red Sea Subsea Festoon Cable System northward along the Sinai coast. Once built, the link will complete a continuous coastal chain connecting Suez, Zafarana, Ras Ghareb, Sharm El Sheikh, and Taba. Telecom Egypt presents the project as part of its updated infrastructure strategy and a further step toward an eastern digital corridor across Egypt.

The planned system will span approximately 200 kilometers and use a repeaterless, high-fiber-count design. Telecom Egypt estimates about five petabits per second of design capacity and targets the fourth quarter of 2027 for ready-for-service status. The company says newer fiber-optic technology should reduce signal loss while increasing performance and capacity. Extending the festoon system to Taba will also create another landing option and an additional submarine route along the Red Sea shoreline.

Beyond the coastal segment, Telecom Egypt intends the link to connect onward through the Internet Corridor of Egypt, its broader program for joining Red Sea infrastructure with the Mediterranean. That positioning matters to carriers moving traffic between Asia, Africa, and Europe: an additional route through Sinai can give network operators more choices and reduce dependence on fewer established paths. The company describes the new link as a resilience and redundancy investment as well as a capacity expansion, with greater flexibility for routing international traffic across its Egyptian network.

Power Sub Link will implement the cable using its subsea installation and marine-engineering capabilities. The agreement was signed in Cairo by Telecom Egypt Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Tamer El Mahdi and PSL Managing Director Byron Skaftouros, with Egyptian communications minister Raafat Hendy attending. Both Telecom Egypt and the ministry tied the project to Egypt’s effort to strengthen Sinai’s digital infrastructure and its position as a connectivity hub. The announcement confirms the agreement and the 2027 service target, but it does not yet report construction completion or an operational cable.

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