NorSea Com 1 (cable system)
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NorSea Com-1 is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Sea linking the UK and Norway, and connecting five off-shore platforms.
It has landing points in:
- Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
- Kårstø, Rogaland, Norway
And connecting the following platforms:
- Draupner platform, operated by Gassco
- Ula oil field, operated by BP
- Ekofisk, operated by ConocoPhillips
- Valhall oil field, operated by BP
- Murdoch gas field, operated by ConocoPhillips
The cable system is owned by North Sea Communications AS, a fully owned subsidiary of TeliaSonera.
Originally, NorSea Com was owned 50% by Telia and 50% by Enitel. After Enitel's bankruptcy in September 2001, Telia acquired the whole cable.
Installation started in 1998 and the cable was ready for service in 1999 with an initial capacity of a STM-16 system of 2.5 Gbit/s. Later, Enitel added a 16x10 Gbit/s wavelength-division multiplexing system. The cable contains 24 optical fibers.
NorSea Com-1 has a cable length of about 750 km between Draupner and Lowestoft. Between Draupner and Kårstø (ca 200 km) the system uses fiber in Statoil's submarine cable.
External links
Categories:
- Submarine communications cables in the North Sea
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