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Etihad Salam, a premier telecommunications and digital infrastructure company in Saudi Arabia, and AFR-IX telecom have entered into a strategic partnership to extend the Medusa Submarine Cable System to Saudi Arabia via Jordan.
Etihad Salam is one of Saudi Arabia’s leading telecom companies offering next-generation connectivity, wholesale and technology solutions for government, businesses, wholesale and the consumer sector. Founded in 2005, Salam has grown into the fastest-growing Saudi telco with one of the region’s most established telecom networks. Etihad Salam's independent infrastructure includes a 19,000-kilometer Saudi National Fiber Network (SNFN) connecting all major cities in the Kingdom, as well as international gateways via Jordan, the U.A.E., Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq, with cable landing stations in Al Khobar and Jeddah connecting the Kingdom to the rest of the world through submarine cables.
This collaboration aims to elevate digital connectivity spanning Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and Asia. Through this agreement, Etihad Salam becomes the primary landing and interconnection hub for the Medusa system within Saudi Arabia through Aqaba (Jordan), solidifying the Kingdom’s position as a pivotal digital gateway connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa.
The partnership introduces resilient, high-bandwidth, and low-latency pathways from the Mediterranean to the Arabian Peninsula, fostering expansion for hyperscale data centers, cloud service providers, and digital operators throughout the region.
With this partnership, Etihad Salam will deliver terrestrial backhaul services and capacity swapping to seamlessly incorporate Medusa’s network into Saudi Arabia and the broader GCC, and onward to Asia. This initiative represents a significant advancement in Etihad Salam’s global cable strategies and underscores its dedication to Saudi Vision 2030’s goals for digital innovation and economic diversification.
Medusa Submarine Cable System is an 8,760 km undersea cable network linking critical points in the Mediterranean, such as Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. Engineered for high-speed, reliable data transfer between Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, Medusa delivers up to 480 Tbps of capacity, serving as a vital conduit for surging intercontinental data flows.
Earlier in August, a new submarine cable connecting Aqaba (Jordan) with Taba (Egypt) was ready for service, the Coral Bridge cable system jointly built by Telecom Egypt and NaiTel of Jordan.
