EXA Infrastructure recently announced the deployment of a new fibre route connecting London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels. Key to this project is a new consortium submarine cable, where EXA Infrastructure is the sole telecom consortium member, responsible for providing Landing Party and backhaul services. The project significantly enhances Europe’s digital infrastructure with two scalable cable landing stations, modern high fibre count cables, and upgrades to existing In Line Amplifier (ILA) facilities across the UK, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The new 1,200 km route includes 1,085 km of new low-loss G.652D terrestrial fibre for end-to-end connectivity and a 115 km subsea build from Margate, UK, to Ostend, Belgium, utilising ultra-low-loss G.654C cable. The two new landing stations – Exa’s 21st and 22nd globally – strengthens its extensive network spanning the US East Coast, Western Europe, and the Mediterranean.
“This is a real milestone for robust connectivity options in Europe, and includes the first new subsea cable on this complex corridor – the North Sea – in 25 years. This new route complements our investment in the Channel Tunnel delivering scalable, modern and optimised fibre paths between key FLAP hubs,” said Steve Roberts, SVP Strategic Network Investments and Product Management, EXA Infrastructure.
”This has been a complex and challenging build.. The regulatory landscape in Europe plus the North Sea’s challenging seabed conditions demanded ‘in region’ expertise in the various jurisdictions plus sophisticated installation techniques particularly on the wet segments to install and protect the system from future interruption to service,” added Ciaran Delaney, COO, EXA Infrastructure. “At EXA Infrastructure, we have the right expertise and experience to overcome the most complex and challenging situations to in this case, deliver the next-generation connectivity across Europe.”
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