This achievement strengthens Marseilles' role as a key hub for international communications with Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The Sea-Me-We4 submarine cable network, installed in 18 months, nearly spans 20,000 km - approximately half of the circumference of the globe - linking 14 countries from Singapore to France via Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Italy, and with 16 landing points. This system is designed to last 25 years with full reliability, and with 32 times the initial capacity of the previous Sea-Me-We 3 system, which was installed 7 years ago. The network will meet the fast growing needs from India and Middle-Eastern countries. It is operated by 16 carriers, including France Telecom.
The Med Cable network, deployed for Orascom, connects Marseilles to Algiers and Annaba in Algeria spanning approximately 1,300 km. Further strengthening the connections between Algeria, the European and international networks, Med Cable is designed to enable future extensions towards the east and west of the Mediterranean basin.
Alcatel, the worldwide leader in optical networks, had the turnkey responsibility for the end-to-end realization of the two state-of-the-art networks now fully deployed, from design to laying.
Alcatel awarded the landing operations - including the cable protection and the onshore landing - to Louis Dreyfus Travocean, a Marseilles-based company founded in 1977 and a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. These operations were coordinated with the Marseilles local authorities to optimize the deployment.
Marseilles, already the location for key equipment for connections with Northern Africa, the Middle East and Asia (notably via the Sea-Me-We2 network), strengthens its role as an international platform for communication networks. It also confirms its economic vitality and its focus on high-speed communications.
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Alcatel finalizes the landing of Sea-Me-We 4 and Med Cable telecommunications submarine networks in Marseilles, France
- France: Tuesday, July 19 - 2005 at 12:30
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Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA et NYSE: ALA) today announced that two new international submarine cable networks, Sea-Me-We4 and Med Cable, were successfully landed in the city of Marseilles in France.
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About Alcatel
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or employees. Alcatel brings its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks; applications and services, to help its partners and customers build a user-centric broadband world. With sales of EURO 12.3 billion and 56,000 employees in 2004, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
About the co-operation between Alcatel and the Sea-Me-We consortia
Alcatel and the Sea-Me-We consortia have been cooperating since Sea-Me-We 1 and 2. This cooperation continued onwards in 1997 when Sea-Me-We 3 was launched. Initially connecting South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe, it links Far East Asia, South East Asia, Australia, South Asia, Middle East, Southern, Western and Northern Europe. It crosses the Seven Seas, spanning approximately 40,000 km. The network gathers 92 telecommunications carriers along the route, such as France Telecom, Deutsche Telecom AG, Telecom Italia, OTE, Etisalat, China Telecom, SingTel, BT, KDD, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, etc. It remains the most complex network architecture of any undersea system in the world to date, with traffic connections between 39 landing points along the route.
About Orascom Telecom
Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (Orascom Telecom) is one of the world's leading mobile operators, with GSM licenses in seven emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa and South-East Asia, representing a population of 460 millions and an average mobile penetration rate of 8%. Orascom Telecom exploits GSM networks in Algeria (Djezzy), Pakistan (Mobilink), Egypt (Mobinil), Tunisia (Tunisiana), Iraq (IraQna), Bangladesh (Banglalink) and Zimbabwe (Telecel Zimbabwe). With 17.5 million subscribers as of March 31, 2005, Orascom is listed at the Stock Exchanges of Cairo and Alexandria (ORTE.CA, ORAT.EY) as well as at the London stock exchange (ORTEq.L,OLTD LI.)
About Louis Dreyfus Armateurs
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs is a subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Group, a company for commerce and marine transport founded 150 years ago. LDA is a leading player in the bulk transport, moving about 35 millions tons per year. LDA is also specialized in ships embedding high-tech added value, which are managed in partnership with French large industrial groups: cableships with Alcatel, ships for earthquake surveys with CGG, special ships for Airbus... For more information, please visit the website: www.lda.fr
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or employees. Alcatel brings its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks; applications and services, to help its partners and customers build a user-centric broadband world. With sales of EURO 12.3 billion and 56,000 employees in 2004, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
About the co-operation between Alcatel and the Sea-Me-We consortia
Alcatel and the Sea-Me-We consortia have been cooperating since Sea-Me-We 1 and 2. This cooperation continued onwards in 1997 when Sea-Me-We 3 was launched. Initially connecting South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe, it links Far East Asia, South East Asia, Australia, South Asia, Middle East, Southern, Western and Northern Europe. It crosses the Seven Seas, spanning approximately 40,000 km. The network gathers 92 telecommunications carriers along the route, such as France Telecom, Deutsche Telecom AG, Telecom Italia, OTE, Etisalat, China Telecom, SingTel, BT, KDD, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, etc. It remains the most complex network architecture of any undersea system in the world to date, with traffic connections between 39 landing points along the route.
About Orascom Telecom
Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (Orascom Telecom) is one of the world's leading mobile operators, with GSM licenses in seven emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa and South-East Asia, representing a population of 460 millions and an average mobile penetration rate of 8%. Orascom Telecom exploits GSM networks in Algeria (Djezzy), Pakistan (Mobilink), Egypt (Mobinil), Tunisia (Tunisiana), Iraq (IraQna), Bangladesh (Banglalink) and Zimbabwe (Telecel Zimbabwe). With 17.5 million subscribers as of March 31, 2005, Orascom is listed at the Stock Exchanges of Cairo and Alexandria (ORTE.CA, ORAT.EY) as well as at the London stock exchange (ORTEq.L,OLTD LI.)
About Louis Dreyfus Armateurs
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs is a subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Group, a company for commerce and marine transport founded 150 years ago. LDA is a leading player in the bulk transport, moving about 35 millions tons per year. LDA is also specialized in ships embedding high-tech added value, which are managed in partnership with French large industrial groups: cableships with Alcatel, ships for earthquake surveys with CGG, special ships for Airbus... For more information, please visit the website: www.lda.fr
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