ASN will be responsible for the project on a turnkey basis

July 31, 2015

Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), the undersea cables subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, said that it has entered into a turnkey contract with Quintillion Subsea Holdings LLC for the design and construction of a submarine cable system from Prudhoe Bay to Nome.

ASN has commenced marine route survey and installation activities for the implementation of the system. The system will offer a unique route to bring reliable, affordable high-speed broadband access to the North Slope of Alaska and will bridge the digital divide in an area of Alaska where bandwidth is currently still limited, the company said.

With a capacity of at least 10 terabits-per-second (Tbit/s) per fiber pair, it will enable the delivery of advanced services, including improved health and education services more cost effectively, and spur economic development by empowering local businesses.

ASN will be responsible for the project on a turnkey basis, from system design to installation and commissioning. The ASN technical solution will be based on a system architecture using armored OALC-4 cable, advanced coherent multi-terabit technology with optical add-drop multiplexing capabilities, and a configuration that will facilitate future ultra low-latency expansion to Japan and Western Europe.