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Vodafone lays submarine cable

18 May 2004

Vodafone Malta has begun installation of a high-capacity fibre-optic submarine cable between Malta and Sicily. The 250km link is being built by French company Alcatel and will have an initial capacity of 2.5Gbps, rising to 1 Terabit per second over time. It will serve as Malta’s second international gateway.

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