Reliance Globalcom has announced that Mobily, a leading mobile communications and technology provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is its first customer to be activated on the newly launched Hawk submarine cable system in the Mediterranean Sea.
Mobily had signed a 15 year IRU agreement with Reliance Globalcom, for purchase of multiple 10Gs of international bandwidth capacity, connecting Saudi Arabia to Europe and the United States.
Reliance Globalcom last week activated its Hawk submarine cable system in Egypt and seamlessly integrated it with the Reliance Global Network, to enable an additional capacity of 20 Tbps in the Mediterranean region. Using the newly activated Hawk cable system, Reliance delivered capacity
for Mobily's bandwidth requirements between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Europe.
The 4-fiber pair submarine Hawk cable system, built by Reliance Globalcom last fiscal to initially set up the world's first Mediterranean Gateway and Hub at Cyprus, has demonstrated its strong resilience as it carried 180 Gbps of data during the recent cable cut off Egypt and India.
Hawk has been designed with two routes - one express route connecting Marseille in France and Alexandria in Egypt and another local route, with a spur to Yeroskipos in Cyprus meant for establishing a low latency, high-speed diverse alternate route on the Europe - Middle East segment, complementing Reliance Globalcom's Falcon and FEA cable systems.
Commenting on this occasion, Rory Cole, COO, Reliance Globalcom said, "We are delighted to extend our ongoing relationship and deliver the first customer circuit on the Hawk cable system to Mobily. Reliance Globalcom's lowest latency network will immensely benefit Mobily to seamlessly extend their reach by leveraging on our network assets globally and offering an enhanced quality experience to their customers."
"The Middle East is one of the fastest growing markets in the world and Reliance Globalcom has a very strong presence in the region, serving all the large telecom operators and ISPs. Our association with Mobily is yet another testimony to our leadership position in delivering leading edge
communication solutions in the Middle East region", he further added.
"Mobily has always strived in putting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the global telecommunications map and offering our subscribers the best customer experience. We are delighted to leverage our existing relationship with Reliance Globalcom to be their first customer on the Hawk cable system. This association is not only about offering low latency routes to our customers, but also to offer our customers the flexibility, diversity, and resiliency with improved performance on this new crucial route", said Mobily's senior executive vice president Wholesale & Carrier Services, Amer Abdullah Mowafi.