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Orange lands Medusa submarine cable segment in Marseille

Orange landed the Medusa submarine cable's Marseille to Bizerte segment at its Marseille station on 13 October 2025. The route, built with EU Connecting Europe Facility support, was called a strengthening of Europe's digital sovereignty by its wholesale chief.

Verified Editor-read W.Media, 13 October 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish when the full multi-country Medusa system, beyond this one segment, will be completed.

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.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13. How the record is made

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