Orange SA, France, will develop a subsea cable infrastructure of 1,050 kilometers between Marseille, France, and Bizerte, Tunisia. The project is co-financed by the European Commission.

Apr 18, 2023

Orange SA, France, has announced the development of 1,050 kilometers of subsea cable infrastructure, connecting Marseille, France, with Bizerte, Tunisia. European Commission (EC) is co-financing the new project which will get commissioned by the end of 2025.

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Tunisia is experiencing an increase in domestic demand for high-speed connectivity. In October 2022, Ooredoo Tunisia entered into a partnership with PCCW Global to connect to the PEACE submarine cable, scheduled for commissioning in 2024. The new infrastructure will provide an additional route of several fiber pairs, each with a 20 TB capacity, enabling Tunisian telecom operators, especially Orange Tunisia, to meet customers’ demands and connect people across the nation, including “white spaces” residents with no mobile coverage.

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Mr. Michaël Trabbia, CEO of Orange Wholesale, commented, “We are very pleased to have received for the first time the support of the European MIE program for this ambitious project. We are looking forward to putting our unique expertise in intercontinental submarine cables at the service of strategic infrastructure development between Europe and Africa.”