MAREA submarine cable
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Technology & capacity
MAREA uses state-of-the-art fiber optic technology and offers a capacity of up to 200 Tbit/s, which is achieved through the use of eight fiber pairs. Essentially, these are the technological features:
- Open Cable Design: MAREA is designed as an open cable system and enables users to use their own transmission technology and thus flexibly scale the capacity.
- Eight fiber pairs: The high number of fiber pairs forms the basis for the system’s enormous transmission capacities.
- The latest generation of fiber optic technology for minimal signal loss and stable transmission quality along the entire transatlantic route.
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SAVECALL as access to MAREA
Due to its strategic landing in Bilbao, MAREA is particularly interesting for companies that want to efficiently connect southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East in addition to the North American market. As a joint project between two of the world’s largest technology companies, MAREA stands for maximum reliability and capacity reserves that can also cover the growing bandwidth requirements of international companies in the long term. Access to capacity on hyperscaler cables such as MAREA requires direct wholesale partnerships and in-depth market knowledge. This is exactly where SAVECALL comes in. We have direct market access, analyze your global connectivity strategy and source capacity on MAREA specifically for your requirements.
The result for our customers:
- Direct capacity access to MAREA without reseller chains
- Transparent price benchmarking and market data
- Strategic connection of Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East
- Negotiation of IRU structures and leased capacity models
- Clear SLAs and ongoing capacity management
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Frequently asked questions about the MAREA cable
MAREA connects Virginia Beach in the US state of Virginia with Bilbao, Spain, over a route of around 6,600 kilometers. As the first transatlantic cable to land directly in Spain, MAREA offers a more southerly route than most other North Atlantic systems. For companies needing connectivity to Southern Europe, Africa or the Middle East, Bilbao is an important gateway to onward cable routes.
MAREA reaches a design capacity of around 200 Tbit/s, spread across eight fiber pairs in an open cable design. Capacity was increased from an original 160 Tbit/s to 200 Tbit/s through new transmission technology after entering service. This makes MAREA not the very latest highest-capacity cable, but it has established itself as a reliable workhorse on the southern North Atlantic route.
MAREA entered service in 2018 and was built by TE SubCom. The project was jointly funded by Meta and Microsoft, while day-to-day operations are run by Telefónica subsidiary Telxius. This combination of hyperscaler funding and classic carrier operation is characteristic of MAREA and sets it apart from fully private cables like Dunant or Grace Hopper.
This mainly depends on the landing points you need. MAREA is a good fit for direct connectivity to Spain and onward to Southern Europe, Dunant offers a direct connection to France, and Grace Hopper combines the UK and Spain on a single route. Combining a southern and a more northerly system is often the better choice to achieve genuine redundancy. SAVECALL advises on the right combination on a vendor-neutral basis.
Genuine redundancy only exists when the chosen cables use different landing points, ownership models and physically separate routes, for example combining MAREA’s southern route with a more northerly system like Amitié. If you book two cables that share the Virginia Beach landing point, make sure the backhaul routes into the data center are also separate. SAVECALL plans these concepts independently of any single cable operator, with a focus on actual failover reliability.
Access to capacity on MAREA runs through direct wholesale partnerships with Telxius as operator, as well as IRU or leased capacity agreements. SAVECALL negotiates these structures directly with the operator, without detours via reseller chains. Book a free consultation to discuss the right capacity solution for your business.
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