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.