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# Nine European telecom and cable firms urge EU, UK, NATO on subsea cable security
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-10-eu-telecoms-subsea-cable-open-letter/
- Published: 2025-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:01:35.000Z
- Description: Vodafone, Orange, Telefonica and six other telecom and cable firms signed a joint open letter to EU, UK and NATO decision makers. It asks for harmonised rules, faster permitting and more surveillance and protection technology for subsea cables.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Vodafone newsroom, 10 April 2025](https://www.vodafone.com/news/newsroom/public-policy/open-letter-to-european-uk-and-nato-decision-makers-on-subsea-cables?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not commit any government to new funding, legislation or a named protection measure.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)