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UNIFI, Syrian Telecom and Cyta announced the construction and maintenance agreement. UNIFI is prime contractor and 5% owner. The announcement targets service in early 2028, subject to project conditions.
Read the original announcement ↗Data Center Dynamics reports on the planned Cyprus to Syria cable, its proposed capacity and UNIFI’s role. Further international coverage is grouped in the archive.
Read the independent report ↗Retelit and WIS confirmed completion of the IG 1 upgrade, bringing the Bari to Aetos route into service and extending connectivity between Western Europe and the Balkans.
Read Retelit’s announcement ↗Company announcements, business coverage and speaking appearances. Latest dates first.
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AANO announced Adrian Shatku as a panelist on Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Albanian-American Student Summit, Fordham University, Bronx, New York.
SANA reported the EBLA agreement between Syrian Telecom, Cyta and UNIFI for a planned Tartous to Cyprus cable.
Independent reporting on the planned Syria to Cyprus system.
Company press release · GlobeNewswire UNIFI, Syrian Telecom and Cyta announced a construction and maintenance agreement for the planned 240-kilometre Syria to Cyprus system. The release sets out the project’s design, consortium roles and preliminary delivery roadmap.
The organizer’s NAM2025 attendee list names Adrian Shatku under WIS Telecom for the Namex Annual Meeting in Rome on 11 June 2025. This is an attendee listing, not a confirmed speaking engagement.
UNIFI announced Alasia in December 2024 to strengthen Syria to Cyprus connectivity. This is an archived project announcement; see the 2026 reports for later developments.
Adrian Shatku was named in the Vienna CEE Wealth Summit speaker lineup.
Adrian Shatku is listed as WIS Telecom CEO among the speakers at Terrapinn's Telecoms World Middle East in Dubai. Amdocs's panel announcement features him in a discussion of competition and transformation for enterprises and communications service providers.
Adrian Shatku appears in the event speaker listing.
Partner announcement · Retelit Retelit and WIS reported completion of the IG-1 upgrade, extending the Italy to Greece system to Bari and enabling higher-capacity connections between Western Europe and the Balkans.
Adrian Shatku is listed as a speaker representing WIS Telecom.
cyan announced Adrian Shatku’s appointment to its Supervisory Board, effective 7 January 2022. The announcement highlighted his international telecommunications and entrepreneurial experience.
Partner press release · cyan Digital Security UNIFI and cyan announced a strategic cooperation agreement to bring network-based cybersecurity services to operators and their subscribers.
The public event listing names Adrian Shatku, CEO of UNIFI, among the speakers at the Metropolitan Club in New York. UNIFI is also listed among the event sponsors.
Independent coverage of the Italy to Greece network partnership.
WIS Telecom announced a strategic partnership with Retelit to enhance connectivity across the Italy to Greece route.
SubTel Forum industry coverage from the UNIFI archive.
TMT Finance announced that its 2020 USA forum would move online, with sessions on 22, 23, 29 and 30 September. The organizer named UNIFI and WIS among its sponsors. A public speaker listing also names Adrian Shatku, CEO of UNIFI.
Terrapinn lists Adrian Shatku, WIS Telecom CEO, on the Carriers World Day 1 panel at 14:20 discussing how Ai can transform the carrier industry. Topics included service offerings, customer service, network management, operations and partnership models. The event took place at London's Business Design Centre.
SAMENA carried Dialogic's announcement that UNIFI and WIS selected ControlSwitch to virtualize and modernize their global network, bringing SIP routing, monitoring, redundancy and fraud management into a unified platform.
Oracle announced UNIFI selected its session border controllers to support international voice services.
Adrian Shatku appears in the TC3 event record.
Adrian Shatku’s post records participation with the WIS/UNIFI team at ITW 2018 in Chicago and meetings with industry partners. Participation record; no speaking role is claimed.
Capacity Media's Africa Directory 2018 includes UNIFI Communications in its international wholesale provider listings, describing its voice, bandwidth and data transport services. Archived directory profile, page 34.
Adrian Shatku appears in the TC3 speaker record.
Hot Telecom published Isabelle Paradis's video interview with Adrian Shatku, CEO of UNIFI and WIS Telecom.
Mfonobong Nsehe interviews Adrian Shatku about cybersecurity in emerging markets, UNIFI’s expansion in Africa and the acquisition of WIS Telecom.
UNIFI announced the acquisition of 100% of WIS Telecom S.p.A. and its subsidiary WIS Telecom S.A. from Libero Acquisition. The transaction expanded UNIFI’s international carrier business, network reach and subsea infrastructure portfolio.
UNIFI selected Telarix iXLink and iXTools to automate carrier operations and support unified call routing.
Adrian Shatku participated as a panelist at APEN Tech’s Expanding Horizons event at Columbia University in New York on 10 October 2015.
UNIFI’s archived introduction to the Balkans Italy Network project. Upload date shown.
Industry panel coverage featuring Adrian Shatku discusses broadband investment and regulatory clarity.
Viodi profiles UNIFI and its global VoIP network following a TC3 interview with Adrian Shatku.
CorCom reporting on UNIFI's Mediterranean connectivity plans.
Fierce Network coverage of UNIFI's agreement with Alcatel Lucent.
Fierce Network reported on UNIFI's planned Albania cable launch and network technology.
SubTel Forum reported on the agreement to deliver broadband connectivity to Albania via undersea cable.
UNIFI announced an undersea cable project with Interoute, including a landing solution in Italy.
Tirana Times reported on the planned Albania to Italy undersea fiber optic cable.
Archived reporting on the Kosovo MVNO agreement involving PTK and Dardafone.
Archived announcement of Telecom Italia Sparkle's selection of UNIFI.
UNIFI announced an interconnection agreement with Maroc Telecom.
An archived participant list for the 3rd Middle East Mobility & Wireless Broadband Summit names Adrian Shatku, President and CEO, representing UNIFI Communications, Inc. The list was updated on 15 December 2005. Participant listing.
The FCC public notice records UNIFI's authorization granted on 1 December 2004. See page 1.
Company history milestone. Adrian Shatku founded UNIFI Communications in 2001, establishing the international voice business that became the foundation of its global network. The founding year is documented in cyan’s January 2022 appointment announcement.
Cellusys featured Adrian Shatku, CEO of WIS and UNIFI, in a Telecom Stars in Cars conversation with HOT TELECOM's Isabelle Paradis about security, customer trust and internet connectivity. The publisher's post associates the interview with Capacity Europe.
Adrian Shatku joins infrastructure and compute leaders to discuss Ai demand, power access, training clusters and GPU as a Service.
Adrian Shatku participated in the CEO’s Studio course at ESCP Business School in Paris with Professor Alexandre Lederman, sharing his experience in entrepreneurship and international telecommunications.
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