Operations

The Apollo cable network consists of a transatlantic cable system, directly connecting France and the UK with the North American East Coast. Apollo incorporates multiple fibre pairs throughout its 13,000 km length and provides data transmission at 10Gbit/s through Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM).

The Apollo cable system is an optically amplified network, which uses submerged repeaters to provide direct amplification to overcome the optical fibre attenuation. Each repeater has eight amplifiers, two required for every fibre pair. In addition, to provide the required availability, Apollo repeaters have redundant optical pumps and fully duplicated power units. The Apollo cable system conforms to ITU specifications and is designed to provide an error performance with an order of magnitude greater than G.826.

As Apollo South connects France and Washington D.C., it avoids heavily congested areas in the UK and in New York. This is a major differentiator, making the southern leg a favoured route choice for Apollo's customers.