Formal handover of IRIS submarine cable by Subcom in a Galway event on Friday November 11th 2022.
The Link to the press release is here 03-Irish Press Release Draft Farice November 2022-FINAL Press Release For release 11 November
Final splice completed on August 8th
On August 8th the final splice on IRIS was done west of Ireland (yellow box) and on August 10th the final burial
FARICE PRESS RELEASE – IRIS CABLE SYSTEM Marine installation began from Iceland on May 23rd
On Monday May 23rd SubCom’s cable installation vessel the CS Durable, landed the IRIS Subsea Telecoms Cable System successfully at Thorlakshofn beach
The Cable station for Thorlákshöfn landing site prepared in factory
Tyrone fabrication in Northern Ireland has been selected as the provider of the Cable Landing Stations (CLS) for IRIS. The houses are
Survey operations completed and Thorlakshofn selected as landing site in Iceland
On August 21st survey operations for the IRIS cable system were completed when the survey vessel Ridley Thomas ported at Reykjavík Harbour.
Construction for IRIS commences in Ireland
Construction for the extension of IRIS from beach manhole to the cable station in Galway commenced on May 25th. The path is
Farice and SubCom announce contract-in-force for IRIS, newest undersea cable to link Iceland to Europe
IRIS will offer increased security, redundancy, wholesale capacity linking Iceland with Ireland Eatontown, NJ, USA and Reykjavik, Iceland – April 5, 2021
ESA approves aid for third submarine cable connecting Iceland with Europe
The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved a capital increase of an estimated EUR 50 million to Farice, a state-owned provider