MONACO -- Cable & Wireless Communications’ Monaco business, Monaco Telecom, has announced that it has recently entered into a strategic communications partnership with Gibtelecom, Gibraltar’s leading communications company. Monaco and Gibraltar, both landing stations on the Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable, are now directly connected to each other and Monaco Telecom has selected Gibtelecom to be its preferred carrier on the EIG system. Monaco Telecom will also provide Gibtelecom with communications capacity to access the European market via Monaco which sits in a strategic position within the Southern European fibre network.

Martin Péronnet, CEO of Monaco Telecom, said: “Our companies have been able to leverage their mutual trust into a strong long term partnership. EIG has turned Monaco into a key gateway between Europe and the African and Asian continents. This deal will provide direct and secure access to even more international destinations for our customers and partners. It will further increase Monaco Telecom’s presence in the international data communication market”.

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