ULYSSES | |
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Owners: WorldCom International, BT, France Telecom and KPN | |
Landing points ULYSSES-1: | |
Date of first use | 1997 |
ULYSSES is a submarine communications cable network divided into two sections: ULYSSES-1 and ULYSSES-2 that transit the English Channel and the North Sea, respectively. It carries telecommunications and internet signals to-and-from the United Kingdom to the continental European Union. It began service in 1997 and is owned by WorldCom International, BT, France Telecom and KPN.
ULYSSES-1 has
landing points in:
1.
St Margaret's Bay,
Kent,
United Kingdom
2.
Calais,
Pas-de-Calais,
France
ULYSSES-2 has
landing points in:
3.
Lowestoft,
Suffolk,
United Kingdom
4. Near
IJmuiden,
North Holland,
the Netherlands
The route then continues inland into mainland
Europe and joins the two cables together at:
5.
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
6.
Düsseldorf,
Germany
7.
Frankfurt,
Germany
8.
Saarbrücken,
Germany
9.
Brussels,
Belgium
10.
Reims,
France
11.
Fresnes-lès-Montauban,
France
12.
Paris,
France
And from the two UK landing points the cable connects together at:
13.
London,
UK