Marea transatlantic cable (2016–2018) — private consortium deployment and commissioning

1. Consortium announces the Marea cable project

   May 26, 2016Labels: Microsoft, Facebook, Telxius

   • Fortune
   • WIRED
   • Wikipedia

2. Cable construction begins on an accelerated schedule

   Aug 1, 2016Labels: Cable construction, Project schedule

   • Fortune
   • Microsoft Blog

3. TE SubCom selected as system supply partner

   Oct 19, 2016Labels: TE SubCom

   • SubmarineNetworks

4. Spain landing milestone at Sopelana (Bilbao area)

   Jun 13, 2017Labels: Sopelana landing, Spain

   • Microsoft ES

5. Project highlights “open cable” design approach

   Jun 13, 2017Labels: Open cable, Design approach

   • Microsoft ES
   • SubmarineNetworks

6. Construction completion publicly announced by partners

   Sep 21, 2017Labels: Construction completion, Microsoft

   • Microsoft Blog

7. Completion celebrated at Virginia event with officials

   Sep 22, 2017Labels: Virginia ceremony, Local officials

   • GovTech
   • Microsoft APAC

8. System promoted as highest-capacity Atlantic cable at launch

   Sep 23, 2017Labels: High-capacity claim

   • Microsoft APAC
   • Microsoft ES

9. Operational launch planned for early 2018

   Jan 1, 2018Labels: Operational launch

   • SubmarineNetworks
   • Register

10. Marea opened for business and entered service

    Apr 1, 2018Labels: Telxius, Commercial service

    • Telxius
    • SubmarineNetworks

11. Equinix–Telxius landing-station architecture publicized

    May 9, 2018Labels: Equinix, Telxius

    • Equinix

12. Capacity upgrades demonstrated, reaching 200 Tbps

    Oct 1, 2018Labels: Capacity upgrade

    • Telxius
    • Telxius