{"id":1800,"date":"2022-02-17T11:43:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T11:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1800"},"modified":"2025-02-03T09:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T09:42:53","slug":"agreement-between-afr-ix-telecom-and-asn-for-the-construction-of-medusa-submarine-cable-system-the-largest-submarine-cable-in-the-mediterranean-sea","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/fr\/news\/agreement-between-afr-ix-telecom-and-asn-for-the-construction-of-medusa-submarine-cable-system-the-largest-submarine-cable-in-the-mediterranean-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement between AFR-IX telecom and ASN for the construction of Medusa Submarine Cable System, the largest submarine cable in the Mediterranean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1801 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medusa-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Medusa and ASN\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medusa-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medusascs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medusa-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medusascs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medusa-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medusascs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medusa-6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/medusascs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medusa-6-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/medusascs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medusa-6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barcelona, 17th February 2022<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>AFR-IX telecom and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have signed an agreement that assigns to the European global company the construction of the 8,700 km Medusa Submarine Cable System<\/strong>, an ambitious project which will connect the two shores of the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>AFR-IX telecom, the infrastructure and telecom operator and Barcelona-based, owns Medusa and is developing it to respond to three urgent connection needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North Africa with South Europe\u00a0connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Mediterranean with Atlantic\u00a0connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Mediterranean islands to mainland connectivity such as Sicily and Crete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Medusa is a\u00a0<strong>new generation submarine cable and follows the open cable<\/strong>\u00a0standard and, as such, the project aims to respond to the current challenges of submarine connections:\u00a0<strong>establishing new routes<\/strong>\u00a0to diversify and decongest data traffic,\u00a0<strong>gaining capacity<\/strong>\u00a0with a greater number of fibers per cable and\u00a0<strong>promoting open access<\/strong>\u00a0to all European landing stations.<\/p>\n<p>The cable will depart from Lisbon and end its route in the Egyptian city of Port Said, passing through different Mediterranean countries. In this sense, it will have\u00a0<strong>16 landing points in countries, West to East, such as Portugal, Morocco, Spain, Algeria, France, Tunisia, Italy, Greece and Egypt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default su-quote-has-cite\">\n<p>The submarine fiber optic infrastructure is expected to be operational between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, with the activation of the first phase connecting Lisbon, Barcelona and Marseille. It will feature up to\u00a0<strong>24 fiber pairs with a capacity of 20 Tbit\/s per fiber pair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Norman Albi, CEO of AFR-IX telecom, highlights the strategic value of Medusa to improve connectivity in the Mediterranean Sea: \u201cMedusa was born with the objective of improving the connectivity in the Mediterranean Sea and will make it possible, for example, to reduce the latency between North Africa and Southern Europe and between European Union Mediterranean cities. This capacity is key in a context where the pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen networks to support an increasingly digital economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default su-quote-has-cite\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default su-quote-has-cite\">\n<h3 class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">About Alcatel Submarine Networks<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220808124106\/https:\/\/web.asn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alcatel Submarine Networks<\/strong><\/a>, part of Nokia, leads the industry in terms of transmission capacity and installed base with more than 650,000 km of optical submarine systems deployed worldwide, enough to circumnavigate the globe 15 times.<\/p>\n<p>From traditional telecom applications to content and over-the-top service provider infrastructures, as well as to offshore oil and gas applications, ASN provides all elements of turnkey global undersea transmission systems, tailored to individual customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p>An extensive services portfolio completes its comprehensive offering for the submarine business, including project management, installation and commissioning, along with marine and maintenance operations performed by ASN\u2019s wholly owned fleet of cable ships.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":1801,"parent":0,"template":"","tax-news":[],"class_list":["post-1800","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tax-news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medusascs.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax-news?post=1800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}