Med-1

Med-1 was founded in 1997, and became a pioneer in international communication infrastructure systems in Israel. The company initiated and executed the installation of the Lev submarine cable system, one of the five first private submarine telecommunication cables in the world. The cable was first made available for commercial use in 1999, enabling... broad bandwidth and high-quality connectivity between Israel and the rest of the world. The success of the Lev project paved the way for the future, and brought the world of broad band to Israel. During that period, a broader group was formed: the Med Group, which included, among others, Med Nautilus, jointly owned by Telecom Italia, one of the largest telecommunication companies in the world. The Group completed another pioneering project with the installation of an intra-national optical network through its subsidiary, Med Net. The purpose of the system was to build a vertical and horizontal optical transmission line providing a solution for the needs of the communication providers and business companies requiring large, stable bandwidth. The network's first stage included the submarine system IC-1 (Israel Coastline One) - two optical rings connecting Israel's coastal cities, from Nahariya in the north, through Haifa, Netanya, Herzliya, Tel Aviv and Rishon Letzion, to Ashkelon in the south. The IC-1 system became operational in September 2000. The network's second stage included the ground system - an optical network running the entire length and breadth of Israel, connecting its central cities, industrial areas and technological parks. In the wake of the success of the Lev cable project and the ever-growing demand for bandwidth, the group initiated an ambitious, first-of-its-kind project - the Med Nautilus submarine cable, a state-of-the art submarine fiber optic ring-configured network, integrated with a land-based fiber optic network. The system connects Israel with several European countries, and features an extraordinary level of network resiliency and ...Read More