By Mauro Orru

Orange said Tuesday that it is partnering with Telefonica SA's infrastructure subsidiary Telxius to deliver backhaul extensions for the Dunant cable, a transatlantic submarine cable between Europe and the U.S.

The French telecommunications company said it and Telxius would provide backhaul extensions--high-speed point-to-point data circuits--for the 6,600 kilometer-long cable, which is a Google project expected to enter service in late 2020.

Orange and Telxius will provide co-location services at their cable landing stations in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France, and Virginia Beach, U.S.

Orange will enable Telxius's terrestrial connection to Paris, while Telxius will connect Orange to Ashburn, Virginia.

"We will be operating two fiber pairs of over 30 terabits per second between France and the USA," said Jerome Barre, chief executive of Orange Wholesale and International Networks.

Write to Mauro Orru at mauro.orru@wsj.com; @MauroOrru94

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 18, 2020 05:41 ET (10:41 GMT)

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