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Article: Alcatel-Lucent's Lands Tele Greenland's Submarine Cable Network in Nuuk, Greenland.
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- Internet Weekly News
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- September 22, 2008
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The Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) cable ship 'Ile de
Sein'* landed today in Nuuk, the 2,100 km section (or trunk cable) of Tele Greenland's submarine cable network. After completing the cable loading in Calais (France) in July, the 'Ile de Sein' began laying segments 1 and 2 in early August from Landeyjasandur in Iceland to Qaqortoq in Greenland.
Following a route carefully assessed with survey instruments mapping the seabed, these segments are three of the four sections composing the 90 million Euro project "Greenland Connect" awarded to Alcatel-Lucent in December 2007. The laying completion will be achieved before the winter season as ...