The Marine Maintenance Center (MMC) manages submarine cable
systems through
a marine maintenance service agreement. Such agreements bring together
cable system owner/operators and cable ship operators proposing their
services for cable repairs and maintenance. Key factors determining the
terms of a maintenance agreement will include but not be limited to the length,
capacity, complexity of the system, response time etc.
Availability
Managing and maintaining a submarine cable system at the lowest operating cost whilst delivering the highest level of
performance is a key objective of system operators. The operator who guarantees availability of service ensures that
end-user confidence remains high and revenue streams are secure. In the highly competitive telecommunications market,
experience and expertise are crucial but they are not always available in-house. Recognizing these needs,
Alcatel-Lucent has developed a range of services to support operators from initial planning to maintenance
of installed submarine cable networks.
Alcatel-Lucent can offer a wide range of maintenance and related
services that can be configured as discrete solutions tailored to the particular maintenance philosophies
in individual cable owners and their needs. This will reduce costs and ensure fast and reliable cable repairs.
The Maintenance solutions may include:
• Zone based maintenance services
• Private dedicated or private shared maintenance services
• All-inclusive contracts in connection with system purchase
• Single or multiple maintenance vessels on continuous stand by
anywhere in the world
• Call-out maintenance agreements
• Maintenance on live submarine cable systems (In service repairs)
• Chromatic Dispersion Management
• Guard vessel services
• Near shore maintenance (shore to approx. 10 m water depth)
• Cable recovery/deployment and burial
• Jointing, testing and transmission
• Logistics management of shore based cable spares, joints and repeaters
• Logistics management on board vessel cable spares, joints and
repeaters
• Post repair burial services
• Reporting and charting
• Cable awareness services
• Periodic inspection and cable protection improvement services
• Shore-end landings or replacement
• Post lay, inspection and burial service
• UJ kits supply and replenishment
The Marine Maintenance Centre (MMC) is available 24 hours a day 365 days a year and is located in Greenwich, London.
