The Quantum Cable is a planned 7,700 km submarine communications cable system connecting

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through the

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.'Superfast' internet cable to cross Mediterranean Sea, Business Insider, January 16, 2018
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/ref> Quantum Cable will connect Cyprus to Italy, France and Bilbao, Spain.About Quantum Cable,www.sigmalive.com
/ref> The Quantum Cable will be laid simultaneously with the 2,000 MW EuroAfrica Interconnector.‘Quantum Cable’ to revolutionise global telecoms, Cyprus Mail 18.1.2018
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Description

The Quantum Cable is a subsea ultra high speed

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cable system connecting the

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via the

. It will connect Cyprus to Italy, France and Bilbao, Spain. The cable terminal points will be in Bilbao, Spain, where it is expected to be connected with transatlantic

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cable. The Quantum Cable cable system deploys transmission technology at an ultra-fast broadband speed of 200 Tbit/s (

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per second), equivalent to the

cable. That capacity is equivalent to streaming 80 million HD video conference calls at the same time. With that speed 60 percent of the world's internet traffic could be handled at peak time. It is expected that the cable will have 40 times more capacity than the average capacity of existing internet cables on the Mediterranean. Therefore, it will support high speed for Data centers, Cloud providers and

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Chief Minister of Gibraltar

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in meeting with CEO Quantum Cable Nasos Ktorides expressed support for the Quantum Cable and interest in the creation of the cable landing station in Gibraltar. The Quantum Cable will be laid at depths of 3,000 meters at same time and in parallel with the 2,000 MW EuroAfrica Interconnector. Former Cyprus Foreign Minister (1997—2003, 2013—1 March 2018) and head of the

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Foreign Affairs Working group,

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, has joined the Quantum Cable on March 29, 2018 as Chairman of the Strategic Council. The former Cyprus Minister of Transport, Communications and Works

Marios Demetriades Marios Demetriades ( el, Μάριος Δημητριάδης) (born 27 August 1971) is a Cypriot politician who was appointed Minister of Transport, Communications and Works in the Council of Ministers of Cyprus on 14 March 2014. He was born in ...

also joined Strategic Council of Quantum Cable.Former minster joins Quantum, Cyprus Mail, 8. June 2018
/ref> The Quantum Cable will minimize the dependence of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries from the

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of West and Central Europe. The capacity of the cable will accelerate deployment of fast mobile and fixed networks. Providing fast connectivity will maximize reliability of the existing European and Middle Eastern internet backbone network. The Quantum Cable will also facilitate the installation and hosting of data centers. By connecting major carrier-neutral

in Cyprus, Italy, France and Spain, the Quantum Cable clients can choose their preferred back-haul providers available in these PoPs or in cable landing stations in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The cost of the project is estimated at US$200 million and will be undertaken by the Quantum Cable.

Landing points

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