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Known for its historic tradition as a platform
for exchanges, the French department of the Bouches-du-Rhône
is today emerging as a national leader in the telecommunications
sector. .
All of the main global players are present in
the area. Thanks to the interconnection of underwater
international cables and European ground cables,
Provence is the telecommunications centre of southern
Europe. The region is also the second most important
zone in France, after Paris, in terms of the established
telecommunications operators.
France Télécom
Due to strategic choices made over a number of
years by the historic operator, France TELECOM,
Marseille is equipped with an exceptional telecommunications
infrastructure:
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One
of the 4 international
nodes of France
TELECOM, in France; |
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« Sea
me we II » is
one of the longest
underwater fibre-optic
cables in the
world, covering
more than 18,000
kilometres. It
links Europe
- via Marseille
- to the African
coastline of
the Mediterranean,
to the Middle
East, and to
Asia up to Singapore. |
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A
rare concentration
of highly reliable
technical premises. |
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