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Orange gets new ship to help fix undersea cable breaks
French telephone carrier Orange SA christened a new €50 million (R1.01 billion) vessel, the Sophie Germain, strengthening the company’s out-sized role in the business of fixing undersea Internet cables when they break.
The 100-metre-long ship is set to complete about one repair mission a month across the Mediterranean, Red and Black Seas, for customers including Meta Platforms Inc., Telecom Italia Spa and China Telecom Corp.
[Bloomberg]
French telephone carrier Orange SA christened a new €50 million (R1.01 billion) vessel, the Sophie Germain, strengthening the company’s out-sized role in the business of fixing undersea Internet cables when they break.
The 100-metre-long ship is set to complete about one repair mission a month across the Mediterranean, Red and Black Seas, for customers including Meta Platforms Inc., Telecom Italia Spa and China Telecom Corp.
[Bloomberg]
