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4,600 km submarine network linking Greenland to Iceland
and Canada
Paris, December 7, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:
ALU) today announced the signature of a Euro 90 million turnkey contract with
Tele Greenland to deploy a 4,600 kilometer submarine cable network linking
Greenland to Iceland and Canada. The new cable network, called Greenland
Connect, is expected to provide international and domestic connectivity to meet
the growing bandwidth requirements for new applications – including video,
data, and other multimedia services – to serve Tele Greenland’s users. The
project should be completed before the winter season of 2008.
The Greenland Connect network will consist of two main sections (or trunk
cables): the first one will span 2,500 kilometers from Nuuk in Greenland to
Milton in Newfoundland and the second will link Nuuk and Qaqortoq to
Landeyarsandur in Iceland over 2,100 kilometers. Each of the trunk cables will
be equipped with branching units allowing for future connections north of Nuuk
and also for a direct connection from Newfoundland to Iceland. Greenland
Connect will offer an ultimate capacity of up to 96 x 10Gbit/s.
The network will enable businesses and consumers to benefit from services
such as broadband Internet and video conferencing. Tele Greenland will also be
able to further enhance its end-to-end offering for voice and data network
hubs, call centers and advanced multimedia applications for maritime safety and
emergency communications.
“According to our vision “Greenland in the Centre of the World, we have to
address increased connectivity requirements, while minimizing our operational
costs and guaranteeing performance continuity at the highest level possible.
The Greenland Connect cable will provide Greenland with a place on the
worldwide Internet network, and direct access to American and European markets”
said CEO Brian Buus Pedersen, Tele Greenland. “Alcatel-Lucent’s submarine
solutions offer the flexibly and reliability our customers require to support
the cost-effective delivery of innovative services.”
“The severe weather conditions of Greenland and the North Atlantic Ocean
make this project very challenging,“ stated Jean Godeluck, President of
Alcatel-Lucent’s submarine network activity. “Our selection for this project is
based on our ability to manage from the most simple to the most complex turnkey
projects and deliver it on time.”
About Tele Greenland
For more than 75 years, TELE Greenland Inc. has provided telecommunications and
marketed telecom and IT-solutions in Greenland. The telecom division operates
telecommunications activities in Greenland according to a concession granted by
the Greenland Home Rule Government. With a total area of 2,2 million Sq. km,
Greenland is the largest island in the world, 10 times the size of The United
Kingdom and part of the North American continent. Greenland has a population of
57,000 people located along the west and east coast of the island in 17 towns
and 55 settlements.
For more information, visit Tele Greenland on the Internet:  http://www.tele.gl
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