Bulk Fiber Networks begins HAVSIL submarine cable installation between continental Europe and Nordics
Nordic fiber-optic network services provider Bulk Fiber Networks says construction has begun on its HAVSIL submarine cable express route between Kristiansand, Norway, and Hanstholm, Denmark. Bulk asserts that, when put in operation this December, HAVSIL will offer the shortest route between Norway and continental Europe and will carry at least up to 30% of Norway’s international data traffic.
Installation of the cable will take only 10 days, according to the service provider. (Having launched on September 5, that means the deployment should have completed today.) The 192-fiber HAVSIL submarine cable runs across Skagerrak, from Esbjerg in Denmark to Oslo via Kristiansand in Norway. HAVSIL’s terrestrial routes will travel along the west coast of Denmark, thus bypassing the longer and more congested city routes. Bulk says it currently offers flexible IRU or long-term lease agreements for single or multiple dark fiber pairs on the submarine cable.
“This new express fiber route has the capacity needed to further enable Norway’s strategy as a destination nation for data centers and digital infrastructure,” said Merete Caubet, vice president, fiber networks at Bulk Infrastructure. “HAVSIL brings both diverse redundant connectivity between continental Europe and the Nordics, as well as being the only cable system in the region with modern neutral data centers at both end points.”
Telia Carrier is HAVSIL’s anchor customer and the Norwegian Communications Authority chose HAVSIL for a new secure main fiber route for Norway’s international data traffic.
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