Zain Global Connect announces subsea cable project connecting Saudi Arabia to France – ITP.net

Zain Global Connect announces subsea cable project connecting Saudi Arabia to France – ITP.net

Zain Global Connect (ZGC), its wholly owned subsidiary of Zain Global, has announced that it’s investing in the development of submarine cable that will connect the Middle East with Europe through the J2M (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Marseille, France).

The project is ZGC’s first subsea cable ownership, in a portion of the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable system. The subsea cable will also provide Zain with full operational independence and a genuine critical factor capable to foster digital transformation initiatives in the region, particularly for cloud and IoT services.

The J2M will be ready for service in early 2023 with Zain Saudi Arabia as the cable landing party. Through the project, Zain aims to achieve a higher degree of diversity when it comes to its international infrastructure while making available to global carriers and enterprises a brand-new entry point in Saudi Arabia for their connectivity requirements in the Kingdom and beyond.