This strategic cable system will connect many underserved Chilean regions to a state-of-the-art, high-speed broadband fiber network.
February 21, 2019
Prysmian Group has been awarded with new contracts worth around €50 million by Gtd Teleductos S.A., a Chilean telecom operator, to develop a turnkey repeaterless submarine cable system connecting Arica to Puerto Montt in Chile. The contracts have been secured through the Group’s submarine telecom division NSW, which became part of Prysmian Group following the acquisition of General Cable.
The project involves the design, supply and installation of more than 3,550 km of repeaterless fiber optic submarine cables. Prysmian will supply 11 cable segments of a length ranging from 135 km to more than 400 km.
The cables will be produced at Prysmian’s state-of–the-art production facility in Nordenham, Germany, which became part of the Group as a result of the recent acquisition of General Cable. Delivery of cables is planned by December 2019.
