VSNL Western Europe

VSNL Western Europe (previously TGN Western Europe) is a telecommunications cable system with both submarine and terrestrial parts linking several counties in western Europe.

The cable system is constructed from cables with 4 fibre pairs per cable, and each fibre pair supports 96 10Gb/s waves at construction, allowing for a total lit capacity (at construction) of 4 fibre pairs x 96 10 Gbit/s waves = 3,840 Gbit/s.

It has two submarine cables, one with landing points in:
*Seixal, District of Setúbal, Portugal
*Highbridge, Somerset, United Kingdom

and the other with landing points in
*Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
*Highbridge, Somerset, United Kingdom

The Seixal and Bilbao landing points are interconnected terrestrially via Lisbon, Portugal and Madrid, Spain. Highbridge is connected via a pair of cables to London, United Kingdom

ources

* cite web
title=http://www.vsnlinternational.com/map/ (Flash only)
url=http://www.vsnlinternational.com/map/
accessdate=November 22
accessyear=2006
* cite web
title=Tyco Telecommunications, Network Services on the Tyco Global Network – TGN, Presentation to LISHEP, February 17, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
url=http://www.lishep.uerj.br/lishep2004/lishep/talks_lishep2004/1st%20Round%20Table/Olson/Tyco%20Olson%20Presentation.ppt
accessdate=November 22
accessyear=2006