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.
, Dun's 100 Dun & Bradstreet 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.

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Interoute and Bezeq International create a new Internet super highway between Europe and IsraelJONAH 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

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