Cyprus and Europe directly connected by submarine cable

The Mediterranean Nautilus Ltd. (fully owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia Sparkle) and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) signed an agreement today for the construction of a new ring from Cyprus to Sicily, the Minerva System.


The Minerva System will introduce a ring to Cyprus by adding a Branching Unit and a new segment to the MedNautilus main system in addition to the upgrading of the existing cable to Cyprus.
The Minerva will use a dedicated express fiber pair along the ring with 10 Gb/s DWDM wavelengths and will connect Cyprus and Italy on a dedicated direct link bypassing Turkey, Greece and Israel.
The Minerva System will be built by Alcatel Submarine Networks.

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