CIOS (cable system)

Cyprus-Israel Optical System (CIOS) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Cyprus and Israel.

Overview
CIOS has landing points in Ayia Napa (Αγία Νάπα), Cyprus and Nahariya (נַהֲרִיָּה), Israel]. It has a design transmission capacity of 622 Mbit/s and a total cable length of 250 km.

Operations began on 11 April 1994.