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Super Highway - London to Amsterdam including subsea cable Scylla

Extending our Dublin to London Super Highway, we’ve linked London to Lowestoft and with our new high capacity subsea cable system Scylla, connected to IJmuiden and onwards to Amsterdam.

This entirely new state-of-the-art fibre deployment includes a uniquely micro-routed sub sea cable burial, high performance modern fibre and optimised ILA spacing.

Key features

• Scylla is one of the newest subsea systems between the UK and the Netherlands – a double-armoured sea cable, delivering ultra-low attenuation on a 211km unrepeatered system.
• Scylla was laid using a jetted micro-routing burial approach, and is the only cable in the North Sea buried this way. Micro-routing follows the contours of the sea bed to lay the cable at their deepest point, with predicted sand wave movement further burying the cable over time.
• Scylla’s micro-routed cable lay plan, combined with an agile, high-powered jetting system, delivered a cable burial depth of up to 3 metres and a route that is uniquely protected and distinct from other cables available in this region.
• On land, this Super Highway is designed with optimal ILA spacing and low attenuation loss between amplifier sites, meaning fewer ILA sites compared to other routes in service. This low attenuation is critical to achieving the lowest cost per bit, directly driving greater bandwidth per fixed-cost transponder.
• Modern fibre types plus a reduction in ILA sites meant less construction during deployment, fewer resources and less power consumption in service.
• In addition, the technology used within the new ILA sites is new, with more efficient air conditioning using less power when cooling. This delivers a lower carbon footprint network.
• End-to-end new fibre, both subsea and terrestrial including the backhaul.

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