ArabFinance: Telecom Egypt (ETEL) has established Egypt's largest international data center facility, according to the company's October 25th statement filed to the Egyptian Exchange. 

Expected to be commissioned in early 2021 with access to all the global submarine cable systems that land in Egypt, company said, noting the data center is going to be the first in the country with the Uptime Institute's certifications in the design, constructed facility and operational sustainability categories. 

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic its repercussions on the economy, the construction of the new facility has not been affected and is moving according to plan the statement highlighted. 

The facility has also been granted the Tier ||| Certification of Design from the Uptime Institute a few months ago after a rigorous assessment of all aspects of the data center and its operations. 

The Ministry of Education and Technical Education signed a cooperation protocol with state-run Telecom Egypt to implement information and communications technology (ICT) in a secondary school.

Telecom Egypt is an Egypt-based joint-stock company, which is engaged in the provision of public communications and associated products and services.