Bezeq International Optical System – JONAH – is a submarine
telecommunication cable Telecommunications cables are a type of guided transmission mediums. Cables are usually known to transmit electric energy ( AC/ DC); however, cables in telecommunications fields are used to transmit electromagnetic waves; they are called ''electroma ...
linking
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
and
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
. The system, which is fully owned by Israeli communications company
Bezeq
Bezeq ( he, בזק) is an Israeli telecommunications company. Bezeq and its subsidiaries offer a range of telecom services, including fixed-line, mobile telephony, high-speed Internet, transmission, and pay TV (via Yes).
History
Bezeq was fo ...
, spans 2,300 km of cable, and extended terrestrially from Bari through
Interoute
Interoute Communications Ltd was a privately held telecommunications company that operated large cloud service platforms in Europe. On 23 February 2018, Interoute was acquired by GTT Communications for $2.3bn (€1.9bn); and the acquisition close ...
's network to major European cities.
Bezeq International Ltd.
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The system has been ready for commercial service since January 2012, currently operates using 40G channels and can support 100G channels in the future, increasing the ultimate capacity of the cable to over 12.8 terabits per second (Tbit/s), based on Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel–Lucent S.A. () was a French–American global telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel and U.S.-based Lucent, the latter being a su ...
’s submarine communications networking technology.
See also
*List of international submarine communications cables
This is a list of international submarine communications cables. It does not include domestic cable systems, such as those on the coastlines of Japan, Italy, and Brazil. All the cable systems listed below have landing points in two or more cou ...
*Bezeq
Bezeq ( he, בזק) is an Israeli telecommunications company. Bezeq and its subsidiaries offer a range of telecom services, including fixed-line, mobile telephony, high-speed Internet, transmission, and pay TV (via Yes).
History
Bezeq was fo ...
References
External links
Interoute and Bezeq International create a new Internet super highway between Europe and Israel
JONAH Goes Live - Submarine Telecoms Forum
{{Submarine communications cables in the Mediterranean Sea
Telecommunications in Israel
Submarine communications cables in the Mediterranean Sea
Israel–Italy relations
2012 establishments in Israel
2012 establishments in Italy