$300m cable connects New York with Mayo

A multimillion-euro transatlantic cable system, said to be the most advanced of its type in the world, has landed in Co Mayo with the potential to boost employment in the west of Ireland.

The system, which has the capacity to handle up to a third of the world’s phone calls, connects Killala, Co Mayo, to New York and promises to make the west of Ireland a key telecommunications and data gateway.

The $300m cable is owned and operated by Irish company Aqua Comms, which provides capacity networks to global media, content providers and IT companies.