SUMMARY:
This report analyzes the existing and planned submarine cables with current or potential landing points, in the Arab World. The twenty one countries covered in this report are: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the UAE and Yemen. The Palestinian Authority was not included in the analysis as it is not connected to any submarine cable system. The Arab Advisors Group's research revealed a total of 58 existing and planned submarine cable systems in the Arab world by August 2017, up from the 53 existing and planned cables by November 2015.
