GFH to Build Mediterranean Cable Network
MedFiber is comprised of two sub-networks with individual characteristics. The ring's Northern segment will connect Barcelona, Spain; Savona, Italy and five intermediate locations: Ampurias, Spain and Agde, Marseilles, Le Lavandou, and Nice, France. The non-repeatered system will have 24 fiber pairs, six of which will be used for a self-healing regional ring network and provide terrestrial connectivity to city centers and other international/transoceanic systems via the landing points.
The Southern segment, which will close the self-healing ring, will be a repeatered system linking Savona with Rome and Mazara, Italy and Valencia and Barcelona, Spain. Through the Mazara landing point, MedFiber will be able to connect to various systems running onward to the Middle East as well as the Atlantic Ocean routes.
Initially, the network will be equipped to support a traffic capacity of 8 x 2.5 Gbits/sec on two fiber pairs. Ultimately, the network will support a capacity of up to 40 x 10 gigabits per second per fiber pair, with the ring portion of the network having 2.4 terabits per second in a self-healing configuration.
Under terms of the agreement, Global Fiber Holding has negotiated a comprehensive, turnkey contract with France-based Alcatel for the engineering, supply, and installation of the network. Alcatel will undertake the engineering, supply, and construction of the network as well as provide upgrades that meet performance requirements while providing the ongoing operations and maintenance of the network as stipulated by GFH.
Edited by Kristin Keiser