Engineering:CIOS (cable system)
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Short description: Submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea
Cyprus-Israel Optical System (CIOS) is a submarine telecommunications cable system[1] in the Mediterranean Sea linking Cyprus and Israel.
Overview
CIOS has landing points in Ayia Napa (Greek: Αγία Νάπα), Cyprus and Nahariya (Hebrew: נַהֲרִיָּה), Israel].
It has a design transmission capacity of 622 Mbit/s and a total cable length of 250 km.[2]
Operations began on 11 April 1994.
See also
- EuroAsia Interconnector
- Cyprus-Israel relations
References
- ↑ lindenphotonics (2023-02-06). "What is Underwater Cable? and How Does Underwater Cable Work?" (in en-US). https://www.lindenphotonics.com/what-is-underwater-cable-and-how-does-underwater-cable-work.
- ↑ "Technical Information". http://www.cytaglobal.com/cytaglobal/page.php?pageID=54&langID=20. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
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