Alcatel-Lucent and CanaLink announced yesterday that they have signed a multi-million Euro contract to deploy a new submarine cable connecting Cadiz on the mainland of Spain and the Canary Islands. The consortium equally owned by IT3 and IslaLink confirmed that the project should be completed in the first half of 2011, the cable will connect to the islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and La Palma.
The link will have a capacity of up to 5.12 Terabits/s and support new IP services and high speed data centres that are used for renewable energy research, telecommunications services, public administration and the academic / research community keeping up to date with the Canary Islands demand for more broadband connectivity with the World Wide Web.
CanaLink are also contributing to an initiative called ALIX which is part of the project NAPWACI which will establish the island of Tenerife as an information technology hub for Africa, South America and Europe.
“This project is a significant contribution to the regional communications infrastructure and socio-economic development by permitting diversified accessibility to cost-effective services,” said Alfonso Gajate, president of IslaLink and CanaLink. “Alcatel-Lucent’s field-proven experience will help us meet our customers’ expectations efficiently and with the highest quality levels.”
“The flexibility and scalability offered by our solutions allow our customers to cope with the adoption rates of fast-growing data services”, stated Philippe Dumont, head of Alcatel-Lucent’s submarine network activity. “With this project, CanaLink will have access to advanced technologies and rely on the bandwidth availability required to make end-users enjoy the best communications experience possible.”
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