- Agreement covers international IP transit and enhanced regional connectivity between Egypt and Jordan.
- Deal positions Naitel to extend reach while boosting Egypt’s role as a regional interconnection hub.
What happened: Cross-border IP transit agreement announced
Telecom Egypt and Jordanian operator Naitel confirmed a new agreement focused on international IP transit and expanded regional connectivity. According to the official announcement, the deal will provide Naitel with greater access to Telecom Egypt’s extensive subsea cable systems and landing stations, bolstering links between Asia, Africa and Europe.
Additional coverage by Reuters notes that Egypt has long pitched itself as a transit corridor, with over a dozen subsea systems landing on its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts. Meanwhile, TeleGeography highlights that Naitel aims to leverage the deal to expand its enterprise and wholesale services footprint, particularly in Amman and Aqaba.
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Why it’s important
For Telecom Egypt, the deal reinforces its strategy of monetising its geographic position as a cable crossroads, central to Africa-Asia-Europe routes. Yet critics may ask whether concentrating more traffic through Egypt increases systemic risk, given repeated cable cuts in the Red Sea and Suez corridors and the vulnerability of chokepoints.
For Naitel, the link promises broader transit choices and a chance to scale services, yet it also ties the operator more closely to wholesale price shifts and to the infrastructure of a larger neighbour. Analysts suggest the bigger issue is resilience: can one-to-one partnerships provide enough redundancy, or will the region need wider, more diverse routing across the Levant and Gulf to truly secure long-term connectivity?
