Vodafone Qatar has signed an agreement to provide a landing station for Gulf Bridge International's (GBI) submarine cable in the Gulf state, Gulf Times has reported. Scheduled to launch in 2011 and designed to operate for up to 25 years, the GBI cable system will connect telecom operators and other communications firm in the Gulf region via a core ring, which can re-route traffic thereby increasing resilience.
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