Prysmian acquired the submarine telecom business, formerly known as NSW, with the acquisition of General Cable in 2018 maintaining its centre of excellence in Nordenham (Germany). The experience in manufacturing submarine cable set its roots in 1899, laying the first transatlantic submarine telecommunication cable in 1904, approximately 7,993 kilometers in length.
The increasing complexity of data transmission requirements (platform-to-platform, platform-to-subsea control system and platform-to-shore), challenging technologies like ‘free-floating’ platforms or sub-sea exploration, and the need for higher levels of system reliability, have resulted in the development of new telecommunication system solutions for the offshore industry.
