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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-01-31
CONTENTS
[01] FM - MALTA
[02] CYTA - MEDNAUTILUS
[01] FM - MALTA
Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Lillikas leaves for Malta on
Thursday to take part in the third informal meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of EU Mediterranean countries.
Participating in the meeting will be France, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal,
Malta, Italy, Slovenia and Spain.
Among the issues which will be discussed are the Mediterranean
dimension of the European neighbourhood policy, the Middle East peace
process, illegal immigration, the future of Europe and the EUs energy
policy.
[02] CYTA - MEDNAUTILUS
The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) and Mediterranean
Nautilus Ltd, signed an agreement for the construction of a new ring
from Cyprus to Sicily, with the name Minerva System.
The Minerva System will introduce a ring to Cyprus by adding a
Branching Unit and a new segment to the MedNautilus main system in
addition to the upgrading of the existing cable to Cyprus.
It will use a dedicated express fibre pair along the ring with 10 Gb/s
DWDM wavelengths and will connect Cyprus and Italy on a dedicated
direct link bypassing Turkey, Greece and Israel. From Sicily to Europe
the Minerva will be connected to the MedNautilus Pan European network,
a CYTA statement said.
Minerva will be ready for service during the 3rd quarter of 2007 with
the first phase ready for service during the second quarter of 2007.
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