VimpelCom pulls a cable from the Arctic to Paris

At the end of April 2021, VimpelCom announced the creation of a data channel between the Gydan Peninsula (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) and Paris. The Russian telecom operator is implementing this project at the request of TechnipFMC.

According to the press service of VimpelCom, the working site TechnipFMC significantly removed from the developed infrastructure, Beeline Business (a division of VimpelCom, responsible for working with corporate customers) set about building a terrestrial communication channel that will allow the rapid high-speed exchange of information with minimal delays. The Russian company called this project ambitious.

VimpelCom pulls a cable from the Arctic to Paris

Due to the high level of competence of Beeline Business in the implementation of complex projects in the Arctic region, the partnership with TechnipFMC has become a logical continuation of the previous experience of cooperation between our companies, "says German Borodov, Director of Key Clients at VimpelCom PJSC. - The organized channel will accelerate the pace of Arctic development and will contribute to the further development of telecommunications services in this region.

The route of the canal with a length of about 7,000 km will pass from the field on Gydan through the Yamal Peninsula, Surgut, Moscow and Frankfurt.

VimpelCom noted that the company had previously implemented a project for the development of a high-speed data transmission channel in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Air Relay Line 420 km long was built in permafrost conditions. This is the first project for the organization of ground telecommunications infrastructure in this region, in which the client's site was connected to Big Earth.

iKS-Consulting partner Tatyana Tolmacheva, in a conversation with the ComNews publication, noted that the VimpelCom project for TechnipFMC, which performs work on a contract of geopolitical significance, is a "piece" story.^[1][2]

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