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New Fibre Route to Link Gulf and Europe via Iraq

By Editor on 8th October 2026 in Iraqi Communications News

By John Lee. A dark fibre agreement has been signed between OFN, the international connectivity arm of Asiacell parent Ooredoo Group, and iQ Networks, an Iraqi fibre-optic infrastructure provider, to enable terrestrial transit connectivity across Iraq towards Türkiye and Europe. According to Ooredoo Group, the agreement supports the overland component of a planned integrated connectivity […]

Tags: Asiacell, cl, featured, fibre, Fibre in Gulf (FIG), iQ Group, IQ Networks, Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company, Iraqi Telecommunications and Posts Company (ITPC), OFN, Ooredoo, Ooredoo Group, Qatar, Telecommunications, Turkey, Turkiye

New Submarine Comms Cable to Serve Iraq

By Editor on 31st January 2025 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq

By John Lee. Qatar-based Ooredoo Group has partnered with France's Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build the Fibre in Gulf (FIG) submarine cable. The cable, connecting Qatar, Oman, the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq, will have a capacity of up to 720Tbps with 24 fibre pairs. Ooredoo said in a statement that the […]

Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Asiacell, Bahrain, cg, featured, Fibre in Gulf (FIG), Fibre-Optic, France, Kuwait, Oman, Ooredoo, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Telecommunications, Undersea Cables, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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