Hibernia Atlantic remains committed to deploying the historic new cable network for Northern Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) and the Department Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) for the Republic of Ireland as part of Project Kelvin.  

This project is a joint €30 million initiative between DETI and DCENR and is partly funded through the EC INTERREG IVA programme. The new cable will link Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Coleraine, Londonderry, Omagh, Portadown and Strabane to Europe and North America.  In addition, the cable will also provide links to Letterkenny, Castleblayney, Dundalk, Drogheda and Monaghan. This build marks another key milestone in Hibernia Atlantic’s history, as the communications company is the first to deploy a cable from North America to this region. 

This remains very exciting news and as such, Hibernia has just announced their committment to build a Telehouse in Londonderry to support this project.  Below is a copy of the release in full as it was issued on February 19, 2009:

HIBERNIA ATLANTIC TO BUILD TELEHOUSE IN LONDONDERRY

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- February 19, 2009- Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic submarine transport cable provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation, today announces that it will build the Project Kelvin telehouse in Derry City.

Hibernia Atlantic has taken the commercial decision to move this project forward and situate the telehouse in Londonderry.

Derek Bullock, Vice President of Network Operations Hibernia Atlantic, said “Project Kelvin will bring many benefits and opportunities to the whole of Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. For commercial expediency we have decided to move the telehouse to Londonderry.

“A cable landing station with a Point of Presence (PoP) will be located in Coleraine. The services throughout Northern Ireland will remain the same, offering Northern Ireland and global companies alike, a new wealth of capacity and the ability to directly and securely connect to Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe.

“After engaging with the business community and politicians in the North West this is a way forward which will enable all of Northern Ireland to benefit from this project. One of the key objectives of Project Kelvin is to improve International Telecommunications infrastructure between Northern Ireland and North America and Northern Ireland and Mainland Europe and hence fuel development in Industry, Commerce and Trade for the region. ”

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