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Quantum Cable

The Quantum Cable is a planned 7,700 km submarine communications cable system connecting Asia with Europe through the Mediterranean Sea. Quantum Cable will connect Cyprus to Italy, France and Bilbao, Spain. The Quantum Cable will be laid simultaneously with the 2,000 MW EuroAfrica Interconnector.

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Quantum Cable
Owners:
Quantum Cable
CEONasos Ktorides1
Project DirectorGeorge Killas
Landing points
  1. Bilbao,     Spain
  2. Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France
  3. Genoa,         Italy
  4. Kofinou,   Cyprus
Total length7,700 km 1
Design capacity200Tb/s 2
Websitehttp://www.quantum-cable.com/

The Quantum Cable is a planned 7,700 km submarine communications cable system connecting Asia with Europe through the Mediterranean Sea.134567 Quantum Cable will connect Cyprus to Italy, France and Bilbao, Spain.2 The Quantum Cable will be laid simultaneously with the 2,000 MW EuroAfrica Interconnector.82910

Description

Quantum Cable CEO Nasos Ktorides (right) with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo source ↗

The Quantum Cable is a 7,700-kilometre (4,800 mi) subsea ultra high speed fiber-optic cable system connecting the Middle East to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea.1 It will connect Cyprus to Italy, France and Bilbao, Spain.512 The cable terminal points will be in Bilbao, Spain, where it is expected to be connected with transatlantic MAREA cable.9

The Quantum Cable cable system deploys transmission technology at an ultra-fast broadband speed of 200 Tbit/s (terabits per second), equivalent to the MAREA cable.2 That capacity is equivalent to streaming 80 million HD video conference calls at the same time.5 With that speed 60 percent of the world's internet traffic could be handled at peak time.59 It is expected that the cable will have 40 times more capacity than the average capacity of existing internet cables on the Mediterranean.951 Therefore, it will support high speed for Data centers, Cloud providers and Online services.29

Route of Quantum Cable
Route of Quantum Cable source ↗

Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo in meeting with CEO Quantum Cable Nasos Ktorides expressed support for the Quantum Cable and interest in the creation of the cable landing station in Gibraltar.11121314

The Quantum Cable will be laid at depths of 3,000 meters at same time and in parallel with the 2,000 MW EuroAfrica Interconnector.215 Former Cyprus Foreign Minister (1997—2003, 2013—1 March 2018) and head of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Working group, Ioannis Kasoulides, has joined the Quantum Cable on March 29, 2018 as Chairman of the Strategic Council.16 The former Cyprus Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Marios Demetriades also joined Strategic Council of Quantum Cable.1718

The Quantum Cable will minimize the dependence of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries from the PoPs of West and Central Europe. The capacity of the cable will accelerate deployment of fast mobile and fixed networks. Providing fast connectivity will maximize reliability of the existing European and Middle Eastern internet backbone network. The Quantum Cable will also facilitate the installation and hosting of data centers.2

By connecting major carrier-neutral PoPs in Cyprus, Italy, France and Spain, the Quantum Cable clients can choose their preferred back-haul providers available in these PoPs or in cable landing stations in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.10

The cost of the project is estimated at US$200 million and will be undertaken by the Quantum Cable.15

Landing points

  1. Bilbao, Spain
  2. Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France
  3. Genoa, Italy
  4. Kofinou, Cyprus
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "'Superfast' internet cable to cross Mediterranean Sea, Business Insider, January 16, 2018". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  2. About Quantum Cable, www.sigmalive.com
  3. 'Superfast' internet cable to cross Mediterranean Sea, Phys.org
  4. 'Superfast' internet cable to cross Mediterranean Sea, Chicago Tribune, January 16, 2018
  5. www.scnow.com
  6. Superfast internet cable to cross Mediterranean Sea, Star Herald
  7. Superfast internet cable to cross Mediterranean Sea, Argus Press
  8. EuroAsia Interconnector – Official site
  9. "'Quantum Cable' to revolutionise global telecoms, Cyprus Mail 18.1.2018". Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  10. Quantum Cable
  11. "Full support for 'Quantum Cable' in Gibraltar, Cyprus Mail Online, 25.5.2018". Archived from the original on 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  12. Fiber optic cable will connect Cyprus with Gibraltar, 25.5.2018
  13. Fiber optic cable from Cyprus to Gibraltar, www.philenews.com, 25.5.2018
  14. 7700 km long underwater cable will connect Cyprus-Spain, sigmalive.com, 25.5.2018
  15. Quantum Corporation
  16. Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus Ioannis Kasoulides joins Quantum Cable Chairman of the Strategic Council
  17. Ο Μάριος Δημητριάδης εντάχθηκε στην ομάδα του ‘Quantum Cable’,7. June 2018
  18. "Former minster joins Quantum, Cyprus Mail, 8. June 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-08.