On June 8, 2011, a consortium of four leading telecom carriers from four countries signed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement for the new cable system — Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG).
The new system was launched in December 2012 with an initial capacity of 540 (54×10) Gbps.
The high capacity fibre optic cable system provides additional connectivity between Europe and the Middle East. With a capacity of up to 3.2Tbit/s and a total length of approximately 10,000 km, EPEG offers route diversity passing through Frankfurt across Eastern Europe, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and the Persian Gulf to Barka, Sultanate of Oman.
References
External links Europe-Persia Express Gateway Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Islamic Republic of Iran