Due to the expansion of business and social networks, downloading and data exchanges (videos, photos, etc.), the volume of information passing through the network is growing exponentially.
In order to enable people to communicate across borders and seas, it is necessary to install submarine cables that carry nearly all international communications. Global economies are so heavily dependent on data transmission that the functioning of these cables needs to be guaranteed in order to deliver maximum capacity and speed of transmission. Thanks to fibre optic submarine cables, around 2 million videos can share bandwidth at the same time.
Fibre optic submarine cables span the globe with nearly 800,000 km of infrastructure on the ocean floor, enough to stretch around the world more than 20 times.
France Telecom Marine
A wholly-owned subsidiary of France Telecom since 2000, France Telecom Marine is a major player in the laying and maintenance of fibre optic submarine cables. Its fleet is one of the world’s most experimented. The company is active in all areas of maintenance and laying of submarine cables, including the study (survey) and the shore ends.
France Telecom Marine took control of Elettra (previously owned by Telecom Italia) on October the 1rst, 2010. The subsidiary is now operating 5 cable ships, shipping from its marine bases or foreign harbours.
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