Today at the Prime Ministry was signed he agreement between the Albanian Government and 4iG Plc info-communications company on the construction of an express subsea cable between Albania and Egypt.

Prime Minister Edi Rama considered the project as a huge 'digital highway' of the Mediterranean that connect the two countries, adding that this is an important stone of Albania toward the vision of the innovation.

The express subsea cable will create a high capacity, intercontinental connection linking Africa and Asia—through the Red Sea—to Europe, via Egypt, the Mediterranean, and Albania.

As the first cable to link the two countries, the planned subsea cable’s Mediterranean route will be quite unique, adding another layer of diversity to the conventional Mediterranean routes linking Egypt to Italy and France. 

It will capture a significant share of the huge and rapidly growing data traffic market between Asia, East Africa, and Europe. Along its optimized marine path, the cable system will have the option to be extended to major Mediterranean destinations such as Libya, Cyprus, and Greece. The initial configuration of the subsea cable will also include a branch to Italy. At both ends of the cable, users will benefit from varied extension options with an open point-of-presence concept. 

Egypt’s end of the cable will provide access to various subsea cables running southeast via the Red Sea to Asia and Africa, in addition to more than 10 terrestrial trans-Egypt routes connecting the Mediterranean cable segment to other cable extension options in the Red Sea. On Albania’s end, the system will provide the shortest path to Frankfurt, as well as other important international traffic destinations in Eastern and Central Europe and the Balkans, such as Sofia, Vienna and Budapest.