CIOS (cable system)
Submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea
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Cyprus-Israel Optical System (CIOS) is a submarine telecommunications cable system[1] in the Mediterranean Sea linking Cyprus and Israel.
Overview
CIOS has landing points in Ayia Napa (Greek: Αγία Νάπα), Cyprus and Nahariya (Hebrew: נַהֲרִיָּה), Israel].
It has a design transmission capacity of 622 Mbit/s and a total cable length of 250 km.[2] The system was supplied by AT&T Submarine Systems and was the longest non-repeatered commercial system at the time.
Operations began on 11 April 1994.