O agreement between Altice Portugal and the Medusa submarine cable systemoperator of the subsea infrastructure in the Mediterranean, was signed during the Subsea World 2022 conference in Marseille, which hastened the construction of the Carcavelos cable car anchorage, which is scheduled for 2024 and includes investment of 326 million euros.
The Carcavelos underwater rope station will the western point of the Medusa route with a length of more than 8700 km., the longest submarine cable in the Mediterranean. Jellyfish will connect nine African and European countries through its berths in Portugal, Morocco, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Egypt and Cyprus.
The cable will be built by Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) with segments with up to 24 fiber pairs and 20 Tbps throughput per fiber pair and the total investment is 326 million euros.
Altice Portugal will provide know-how and infrastructure, and Medusa’s future customers will be able to benefit from connection between Carcavelos international station and the collocation and interconnection center of the company’s international network in Linda a Velha.
In partnership with AFR-IX Altice Portugal will provide mooring services for submarine cables, including energy and pipeline from the beach to the station; operation and maintenance services, as well as communication between the station and other international control points in Portugal, namely data centers, other submarine cable stations and teleports.
Connectivity through submarine cables is becoming increasingly important for connecting large digital platforms and Equiano is due to operate this year in Portugal, which was completed in May..
Portugal occupies an almost unique position in Europe due to its geographic location, which was highlighted in the Deloitte study. where does it say Portugal is one of the few countries in the world with a direct data connection across five continents.being the basis for major investments in submarine cables and having a good terrestrial connection to Europe.
After EllaLink installationIt’s from Equiano by Google two more submarine cables are planned to be laid in Portugal in the next three years, Medusa, whose agreement has already been signed with AFR-IX and 2África, on Facebook.
