CADMOS (cable system)
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CADMOS is a submarine telecommunications cable system
in the Mediterranean Sea
linking Cyprus and the Lebanon.
It has landing points
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It has a design transmission capacity of 622 Mbit/s and a total cable length of 230 km. It started operation on 8 September 1995.
Submarine communications cable
A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....
in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
linking Cyprus and the Lebanon.
It has landing points
Cable landing point
A cable landing point is the location where a submarine or other underwater cable makes landfall. The term is most often used for the landfall points of submarine telecommunications cables and submarine power cables. The landing will either be direct or via a branch from a main cable using a...
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- PentaskhinosPentaskhinosPentaskhinos is the location of a submarine communications cable system landing point on the island of Cyprus.The following cable systems land at Pentaskhinos:*MedNautilus*MINERVA*CADMOS*UGARIT...
, CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the... - BeirutBeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
, LebanonLebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
It has a design transmission capacity of 622 Mbit/s and a total cable length of 230 km. It started operation on 8 September 1995.