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Construction of the cable began in July 1999, laid by the ship CS Vercors, and the system was in use by customers by November 2000.

Additional works and upgrades have since taken place to increase the network's capacity to 480 Gbit / s.

In August 2007, SC Cables contracted with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade the cable to 660 Gbit / s by the end of the first quarter 2008 and to 860 Gbit / s by the end of 2008, with future upgrade also by Alcatel-Lucent to 1. 2 Tbit / s in May 2010.