Telecom Egypt, Google sign agreement to offer secure int'l services

CAIRO - 4 January 2021: Telecom Egypt and Google International signed an agreement on Monday by which the latter will provide transit services at the level of Internet protocols (IP Layer) through the Egyptian terrestrial international communications network. 

Under the agreement, Google will obtain international capacities for Europe through the TE North submarine cable system owned by Telecom Egypt.  

Telecom Egypt will provide the highest levels of protection for Google's data traffic through submarine cable landing stations in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea as the Egyptian network will redirect private international data traffic of Google from one path to another with high flexibility and an interchangeable high speed with a routing time not exceeding 50 milliseconds. 

In addition, Telecom Egypt will provide the highest levels of availability for Google's international transactional traffic with its SLA portal.