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06/01/2009
Undersea Cable To Link US And Ireland
Ireland will be receiving faster and cheaper broadband in a €30 million deal to connect the internet across the Atlantic.
Project Kelvin will see Ireland get its first direct telecommunications link to North America, in a deal that is expected to provide much faster connections to the web.
The project is a cross-border venture, which involves the laying of an undersea cable coming ashore near Portrush in Co Antrim.
The €30m underwater cable is to be completed by March of next year and is expected to ensure direct international connectivity to the US for towns in Northern Ireland and locations including Letterkenny, Dundalk and Monaghan in the Republic.
The venture is being co-financed under the EU's Interreg scheme in a partnership involving government departments in Dublin and Belfast.
Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said the investment "would provide opportunities for Northern Ireland companies selling goods and services overseas and also improve our attractiveness to knowledge based inward investment".
"Northern Ireland businesses are competing more than ever for business in global markets," she said.
"This project will deliver the kind of international telecommunications, companies located in London, Amsterdam, Dublin and New York already depend on."
The contract to construct the link to North America has been awarded to Hibernia Atlantic Limited.
(DW/JM)
Project Kelvin will see Ireland get its first direct telecommunications link to North America, in a deal that is expected to provide much faster connections to the web.
The project is a cross-border venture, which involves the laying of an undersea cable coming ashore near Portrush in Co Antrim.
The €30m underwater cable is to be completed by March of next year and is expected to ensure direct international connectivity to the US for towns in Northern Ireland and locations including Letterkenny, Dundalk and Monaghan in the Republic.
The venture is being co-financed under the EU's Interreg scheme in a partnership involving government departments in Dublin and Belfast.
Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said the investment "would provide opportunities for Northern Ireland companies selling goods and services overseas and also improve our attractiveness to knowledge based inward investment".
"Northern Ireland businesses are competing more than ever for business in global markets," she said.
"This project will deliver the kind of international telecommunications, companies located in London, Amsterdam, Dublin and New York already depend on."
The contract to construct the link to North America has been awarded to Hibernia Atlantic Limited.
(DW/JM)
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