INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling

The new transatlantic route on the ‘ AMITIE ’ mega submarine telecommunications cable is now ready for service . After almost four years of work between the two continents and the completion of validation tests , the cable offers a fully secure solution to complement the other mega-cable ( Dunant ) launched in January 2021 .

With a total length of 6,800 km and 16 fibre pairs , and a maximum capacity of 400 Tbps , AMITIE will connect Lynn near Boston ( USA ), Le Porge near Bordeaux ( France ) and Bude ( England ). Orange will benefit from two pairs of optical fibres on this new system , guaranteeing resilience and continuity of traffic on the transatlantic route , which is key for global Internet connectivity . With traffic continuing to grow strongly to support the rise in digital uses , particularly those of content providers , the North America / Europe route is one of the densest on the planet in terms of connectivity . According to Telegeography , it uses ‘ 571 Tbps of international bandwidth . It is twice as busy as the transpacific route and the second busiest in the world .’ ( Source : TeleGeography ’ s Transport Networks – Transatlantic 2023 )

Orange reaffirms its key role in connecting the transatlantic route by offering connectivity solutions from New York or Ashburn in the US to Europe using a fully resilient terrestrial connectivity solution in France . Although both join the US to France , the Dunant and AMITIE cables have separate routes , avoiding any risk of traffic interruption on this strategic axis . Their respective latencies of 38ms ( Ashburn – Paris ) for Dunant and 34ms

( Bordeaux – New York ) for AMITIE ensure excellent quality of experience and service .

These two mega cables have been designed to keep pace with future generations of optical transmission technologies and will be able to maintain a high level of performance for the next 20 years .

In France , Orange oversees the French part of the cable and is in charge of operating and maintaining the system ’ s landing station . It provides all AMITIE cable partners with the terrestrial infrastructure required for its smooth operation , from the limit of French territorial waters to the new Equinix data centre in Bordeaux .

Orange also offers its wholesale and enterprise customers connectivity from the US to European hotspots , thanks to the capillarity of its European network . By relying on its extended terrestrial network starting in Bordeaux , Orange can connect the rest of Europe and notably the main European hubs ( Paris , Frankfurt , Madrid , Amsterdam and London ) via different secured routes , either with dark fibre , or via its cutting-edge WDM optical transmission network . The routes between Bordeaux and Marseille have also been reinforced to offer the most direct and efficient solution to link Africa , the Middle East and Asia to the US . p

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