{"version":"1","article":{"id":"etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","slug":"etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030?lang=en","title":"etisalat targets more than 500 Tbps of international connectivity by 2030","summary":"The infrastructure project announced on 5 October aims to raise capacity from a current 20 Tbps to more than 500 Tbps by 2030; this is planned network capacity, not measured traffic.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T18:08:38+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T18:08:38+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-05","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting etisalat group announcement","url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2l97ld-mansour-bin-zayed-witnesses-launch-etisalat","publishedAt":"2026-10-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"etisalat-international-network-capacity","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Etisalat uluslararası ağ kapasitesi","en":"etisalat international network capacity","ar":"سعة شبكة اتصالات الدولية","fr":"Capacité du réseau international d’etisalat","es":"Capacidad de la red internacional de etisalat"},"description":{"tr":"Duyurulan mevcut kapasite ve 2030 hedefi; ölçülmüş gerçek trafik değildir.","en":"Announced current capacity and 2030 target; these are not measured traffic.","ar":"السعة الحالية المعلنة وهدف 2030؛ ولا تمثل حركة البيانات المقاسة فعليا.","fr":"Capacité actuelle annoncée et objectif 2030 ; il ne s’agit pas du trafic mesuré.","es":"Capacidad actual anunciada y objetivo para 2030; no son tráfico medido."},"methodology":{"tr":"Grup başkanının 5 Ekim 2026’da açıkladığı değerlerdir. 20 Tbps mevcut durum; 500 Tbps üzeri 2030 hedefidir. Uluslararası kapasite, BAE içindeki ve dışındaki altyapı ağını kapsar. Kapasite, gerçek kullanım/taşınan trafik değildir.","en":"Figures announced by the group chairman on 5 October 2026. 20 Tbps is the stated current level; more than 500 Tbps is the 2030 target. International capacity refers to the network spanning infrastructure inside and outside the UAE. Capacity is not actual use or carried traffic.","ar":"أعلن رئيس المجموعة هذه القيم في 5 أكتوبر 2026. وتمثل 20 تيرابت/ثانية المستوى الحالي المعلن، فيما يتجاوز هدف 2030 مقدار 500 تيرابت/ثانية. وتشير السعة الدولية إلى الشبكة التي تشمل بنية تحتية داخل الإمارات وخارجها. والسعة ليست استخداما فعليا أو حركة بيانات منقولة.","fr":"Valeurs annoncées par le président du groupe le 5 octobre 2026. Les 20 Tbps correspondent au niveau actuel indiqué ; plus de 500 Tbps est l’objectif 2030. La capacité internationale se rapporte au réseau d’infrastructures aux Émirats et à l’étranger. La capacité ne correspond pas à l’utilisation ni au trafic effectivement transporté.","es":"Cifras anunciadas por el presidente del grupo el 5 de octubre de 2026. Los 20 Tbps son el nivel actual declarado; más de 500 Tbps es la meta de 2030. La capacidad internacional se refiere a la red de infraestructura dentro y fuera de Emiratos. La capacidad no equivale al uso ni al tráfico efectivamente transportado."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2l97ld-mansour-bin-zayed-witnesses-launch-etisalat"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T02:35:00+03:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Duyurulan mevcut uluslararası kapasite","en":"Announced current international capacity","ar":"السعة الدولية الحالية المعلنة","fr":"Capacité internationale actuelle annoncée","es":"Capacidad internacional actual anunciada"},"value":20,"unit":"Tbps","period":"2026-10-05","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"etisalat-international-connectivity-current-capacity","unitCode":"terabits-per-second","geography":"global-network","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"announcement-date"}},{"label":{"tr":"2030 hedefi: 500 Tbps’nin üzerinde","en":"2030 target: more than 500 Tbps","ar":"هدف 2030: أكثر من 500 تيرابت/ثانية","fr":"Objectif 2030 : plus de 500 Tbps","es":"Objetivo 2030: más de 500 Tbps"},"value":500,"unit":"Tbps","period":"2030","basis":"target","measure":{"id":"etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-target","unitCode":"terabits-per-second","geography":"global-network","frequency":"annual","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"reference-period"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"etisalat-international-network-capacity","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"etisalat-international-network-capacity","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030/data/etisalat-international-network-capacity?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/etisalat-international-connectivity-capacity-2030/data/etisalat-international-network-capacity?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["etisalat group announced a digital infrastructure project on 5 October 2026 that aims to lift international connectivity capacity above 500 terabits per second by 2030. An Emirates News Agency report published the same day said Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, chairman of the UAE Presidential Court, witnessed the project’s launch. A company chairman described current international capacity as 20 Tbps and said the plan would take it to more than 500 Tbps. The announcement characterised this as an increase of over 25 times. It links the target to infrastructure development inside and outside the United Arab Emirates, more diverse routes and improved low-latency connectivity. The release sets out the direction of a programme and a 2030 target; it does not report that the capacity increase has already been completed.","A terabit per second (Tbps) is a rate of data transfer over a network; it is not a storage quantity measured in terabytes. The international connectivity capacity described here is the network’s stated carrying capability, not a direct measure of traffic actually passing through it, customer experience at peak times or service availability. The company says route diversity is intended to improve efficiency and reliability and that the design will deliver lower latency. It did not disclose the number of routes, total investment, financing structure, kilometres or connection points. Capacity is therefore the clearest quantified element in the public announcement, but it does not by itself establish performance at every point in the network.","The group presents the infrastructure as a foundation for artificial-intelligence applications, global cloud providers, AI campuses in the UAE, and rising data needs across its own operations and customer base. Diverse routes can make it easier to switch to an alternative if a connection is disrupted, while lower latency aims to reduce the time data takes to travel between endpoints. Those features may matter for remote data processing, cloud services and distributed AI systems. The announcement, however, names no specific data-centre customer, capacity lease, commissioning dates or commercial revenue. International carrying capacity should also not be read as physical cable capacity located only within UAE territory: the release describes development both inside and outside the country and a measure of international connectivity capacity.","etisalat also said it operates in 38 countries and serves more than 250 million subscribers. That footprint indicates the announced project concerns national infrastructure and a group-wide connectivity network. The public statement does not show how much of the 500 Tbps is due to enter service in each year or which regions will receive capacity. Progress towards 2030 could be assessed through annual commissioning milestones, the gap between installed capacity and measured traffic, redundancy and service-interruption data. AI training and cloud workloads may increase cross-border data movement, but the share routed through etisalat will depend on customer contracts and competing infrastructure. The release therefore establishes a large capacity objective; it does not guarantee realised traffic growth or revenue."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The infrastructure project announced on 5 October aims to raise capacity from a current 20 Tbps to more than 500 Tbps by 2030; this is planned network capacity, not measured traffic.\n\netisalat group announced a digital infrastructure project on 5 October 2026 that aims to lift international connectivity capacity above 500 terabits per second by 2030. An Emirates News Agency report published the same day said Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, chairman of the UAE Presidential Court, witnessed the project’s launch. A company chairman described current international capacity as 20 Tbps and said the plan would take it to more than 500 Tbps. The announcement characterised this as an increase of over 25 times. It links the target to infrastructure development inside and outside the United Arab Emirates, more diverse routes and improved low-latency connectivity. The release sets out the direction of a programme and a 2030 target; it does not report that the capacity increase has already been completed.\n\nA terabit per second (Tbps) is a rate of data transfer over a network; it is not a storage quantity measured in terabytes. The international connectivity capacity described here is the network’s stated carrying capability, not a direct measure of traffic actually passing through it, customer experience at peak times or service availability. The company says route diversity is intended to improve efficiency and reliability and that the design will deliver lower latency. It did not disclose the number of routes, total investment, financing structure, kilometres or connection points. Capacity is therefore the clearest quantified element in the public announcement, but it does not by itself establish performance at every point in the network.\n\nThe group presents the infrastructure as a foundation for artificial-intelligence applications, global cloud providers, AI campuses in the UAE, and rising data needs across its own operations and customer base. Diverse routes can make it easier to switch to an alternative if a connection is disrupted, while lower latency aims to reduce the time data takes to travel between endpoints. Those features may matter for remote data processing, cloud services and distributed AI systems. The announcement, however, names no specific data-centre customer, capacity lease, commissioning dates or commercial revenue. International carrying capacity should also not be read as physical cable capacity located only within UAE territory: the release describes development both inside and outside the country and a measure of international connectivity capacity.\n\netisalat also said it operates in 38 countries and serves more than 250 million subscribers. That footprint indicates the announced project concerns national infrastructure and a group-wide connectivity network. The public statement does not show how much of the 500 Tbps is due to enter service in each year or which regions will receive capacity. Progress towards 2030 could be assessed through annual commissioning milestones, the gap between installed capacity and measured traffic, redundancy and service-interruption data. AI training and cloud workloads may increase cross-border data movement, but the share routed through etisalat will depend on customer contracts and competing infrastructure. The release therefore establishes a large capacity objective; it does not guarantee realised traffic growth or revenue.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}