Final Splice - phase 1

• Final Splice of Medusa

Medusa Submarine Cable Reaches Key Phase 1 Milestone

Marine Survey and Deployment

• Tunisie Telecom joins Medusa
• The EU reaffirms confidence in Medusa granting MEDUSA Africa Project
• The EU reaffirms confidence in Medusa granting ATMED Malta Project
• ACE Gabon joins Medusa Africa
• Agreement with LITC to land Medusa in Misrata, Libya
• System Acceptance Test done
• Tartous, Syria: New landing point

Marine Survey and Cable Route Engineering

• Start of work on the Route Preparation
• Technical and environmental studies completion
• Cable Route Engineering
• Marine survey completion
• Factory Acceptance Test conducted successfully

Contract in force

• Supply contract for Medusa Submarine Cable System Comes Into Force
• The EU reaffirms confidence in Medusa with 2 grants to AFR-IX telecom for the projects ATMED EAST – DG and ATMED Nador
• Agreement with Orange Tunisie to host Medusa in Bizerte
• Agreement with LUIC to land in Tripoli and Benghazi
• Agreement with Telecom Egypt to arrive to the Red Sea

First agreements with global partners

• Agreement with ASN for the construction of Medusa
• Agreement with Telecom Egypt to be the landing party in Egypt.
• Agreement with Altice Portugal (MEO) for the landing at Carcavelos (Lisbon)
• Construction of the HDD and BMH in Marseille
• Agreement with Orange Maroc to host Medusa in Nador
• The EU reaffirms confidenace in Medusa with a grant for the project ATMED – DG of AFR-IX telecom
• Start the desktop study by AFR-IX telecom

PiPs submitted

• Best and final offer received from vendors.
• Various European PiPs submitted

Medusa was born

• Medusa Submarine Cable System was born in Barcelona, promoted by AFR-IX telecom
• Medusa vendor RFQ was issued
• PiPs granted for Barcelona landing
• Desktop Study report