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Orange collaborates with
Google on new submarine
cable across Atlantic
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T
he Atlantic is home to one of the
world’s busiest submarine cable
routes with a need for connectivity
that increases by a factor of two every two
years. Dunant will help address the huge
demand for data flows and provide quicker
and more efficient connections for both
Orange and Google customers.
As the French landing partner, Orange will
build and operate the landing station on
the French Atlantic coast and provide the
backhaul service to Paris. In parallel, Orange
will benefit from fibre-pairs with a capacity
of more than 30Tbp/s per pair – enough to
transfer a 1GB movie in 30 microseconds.
This will enable Orange to boost its capacity
to meet massive growth in data and content
demands between Europe and the US for
several years.
Thanks to this partnership, Orange will
be in a stronger position to support the
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development of new users for its consumer
and enterprise customers in Europe
and America. This will also reinforce its
international leadership position on the
wholesale market with respect to content-
providers and third-party operators. develop the quality of its global network
service. Its participation in this trans-
Atlantic project is one facet of the Group’s
ambition to offer enriched, high-quality
connectivity to its customers that meet
their expectations.
Dunant will be the first new submarine cable
connecting the United States to France in
more than 15 years and will be designed to
combine the most advanced technologies
from different global equipment providers.
This will enable the cable to easily and rapidly
increase its bandwidth, evolve at the same
pace as innovation in optical transmission
technology and maintain its high-level
performance over the years to come. Commenting on the collaboration,
Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of
Orange, said: “I am extremely proud to
announce this collaboration with Google
to build a new, cutting-edge cable between
the USA and France.
Orange, a leading player in the
submarine cable market
As a major investor in more than 40
submarine cables, Orange is working to
“The role of submarine cables is often
overlooked, despite their central role
at the heart of our digital world. I am
proud that Orange continues to be a
global leader in investing, deploying,
maintaining and managing such key
infrastructure. Google is a major partner
for Orange and this project reflects the
spirit of our relationship.” n
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