Berytar

BERYTAR is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Syria and Lebanon. It has landing points in:

• Beirut, Lebanon
• Saida, Lebanon
• Trablous, Lebanon
• Tartous, Syria

It has a design transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s and a total cable length of 134 km. It started operation on 7 April 1997. The owners are:

• Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications
• Syrian Telecommunications Establishment

References

• "Syria - Lebanon Fiber Optic Submarine cable - Berytar". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-10-14.