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Omantel and UAE ’ s du construct new submarine cable for wholesale express connections
Omantel and UAE ’ s du , from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company , have come together to link the Sultanate of Oman and UAE through a newly activated 275km international fibre optic submarine cable named the Oman Emirates Gateway , OEG that will meet the evolving market demands , scale up speed , expand connectivity , deliver enhanced customer experience and provide wider commercial offerings .
Oman and UAE are currently connected through terrestrial and submarine routes . The new cable system of OEG will serve as an express connection between both countries and the partnership will reiterate Omantel ’ s and du ’ s position as leading wholesale players supporting the region to evolve into the new promising global communication hub .
The importance of this partnership is reflected by the fact that it is the first of its kind regional fibre optic submarine cable which connects two international datacentres , Equinix MC1 in Barka , Oman and datamena DX1 in Dubai , UAE . This link acts as facilitator for hyperscalers , content
providers and international carriers that are currently hosted in these datacentres to avail improved connectivity services and higher capacities and will be able to directly link their Point of Presence in the region .
Increased connectivity between the two datacentres will also attract more global players to the region , improve the quality of connectivity , which will in turn , boost customer experience . OEG will trigger more investments to the region and boost the performance of our wholesale and enterprise customers , which will be passed further down the line to the society by bringing largescale transformation .
Talal Al Mamari , CEO of Omantel , said , “ This direct and dedicated corridor will synergise the goals of Omantel as the global wholesale hub and of du as the regional data hub , bringing huge benefits to our Wholesale and Enterprise customers .”
AWS announces opening of new AWS Direct Connect location within Equinix MC1 datacentre in Muscat
AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Equinix MC1 data centre in Muscat , Oman . By connecting an enterprise network to AWS at the new location , the business gains private , direct access to all public AWS Regions , except China Beijing , operated by Sinnet , and China , Ningxia , operated by NWCD , AWS GovCloud Regions , and AWS Local Zones .
The new Muscat location offers dedicated 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps connections , with MACsec encryption available for 10 Gbps connections . Using this new location to reach resources running in the Muscat AWS Local Zone is a solution for applications that require single-digit millisecond latency or local data processing .
The Direct Connect service enables an enterprise to establish a private , physical network connection between AWS and the data centre , office , or colocation environment . These private connections can provide a more consistent network experience than those made over the public Internet . Using the Direct Connect SiteLink feature , you can send data between Direct Connect locations to create private network connections between the offices and datacentres in your global network .
Amazon cloud computing resources are hosted in multiple locations world-wide . These locations are composed of AWS Regions , Availability Zones , and Local Zones . Each AWS Region is a separate geographic area . Each AWS Region has multiple , isolated locations known as Availability Zones .
By using Local Zones , you can place resources , such as compute and storage , in multiple locations closer to your users . Amazon RDS enables you to place resources , such as DB instances , and data in multiple locations . Resources are not replicated across AWS Regions unless you do so specifically .
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