Equipment for smart European cable systems - Works

Expected Impact:The expected impacts of this call include:1. Increased security and resilience of the EU's submarine cable infrastructure through the deployment of cutting-edge smart cable technologies, which will contribute to the digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy of the EU.2. Enhanced coordination and sharing of vital data among Member States, enabling the detection and monitoring of threats and facilitating appropriate responses to ensure the continuity of critical services across the Union.3. Advanced environmental monitoring (e.g. climate change) and enhanced civil protection against potential natural disasters, achieved by sharing pertinent data with the scientific community and relevant authorities.Key performance indicators for this topic will include:1. The total length (km) and approximate targeted area (location, km2) of submarine cable systems (including cables’ name, owners) upgraded with smart technologies,2. the number of smart monitoring units installed along submarine cable systems, (number of devices and/or nodes),3. the number of different technologies used, and4. detection accuracy.Objective:This call supports the upgrade of existing submarine telecommunications/digital infrastructures to “smart capabilities” enabling applications that monitor them as well as other surrounding critical infrastructures (e.g. power cables, pipelines, etc.) and/or their vicinity.The specific objectives of this call are therefore to:1. Enhance the security, resilience and overall performance of the submarine fibre cable infrastructure within or connecting to the Union by deploying smart cable technologies and sharing the data gathered by these smart cables with Regional Cable Hubs and/or competent national authorities as appropriate;2. Further promote the use of data gathered by smart cables with authorisedrelevant stakeholders (e.g. the scientific and academic communities for environmental monitoring purposes).Scope:Under this call, CEF-Digital will support