On July 18th, Alcatel successfully landed the submarine cables for the Sea-Me-We4 and Med Cable telecommunication networks in Marseille, France.

The Sea-Me-We4 submarine cable network spanning nearly 20,000 km, links 14 countries from Singapore to France (see map below) with 16 landing points. This system is designed to last 25 years and is operated by 16 carriers, including France Telecom.

Sea-Me-We4 map

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The Med Cable network, deployed for Orascom (a leading telecom operator in the Middle East and Africa), connects Marseille to Algiers and Annaba in Algeria spanning approximately 1,300 km.

Med Cable map

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The landing operations were carried out for Alcatel by Louis Dreyfus Travocean, a Marseille-based company and a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.

About Alcatel Submarine
Leveraging its more than 150 years of expertise in the submarine cable business, Alcatel has played a key role in the development and implementation of the most important submarine cable networks in operation today and has deployed more than 450,000 km of submarine cable networks.