Ireland-UK Fibreoptic Cable Project Planned for Pembrokeshire - SubTel Forum

New Beaufort Subsea Fibre Cable Between Ireland and UK Makes Progress

Plans by Amazon (AWS) and Vodafone to deploy a new high‑capacity subsea fibre optic cable link between Ireland and the United Kingdom (Wales), as part of the ‘Beaufort Cable’ system, appear to be making progress, with new planning applications helping to confirm the expected landing sites. The Beaufort Cable System is essentially envisaged as being a replacement for the ESAT‑1 cable (installed in 1999 by ESAT Telecom and later acquired by BT), w…

Ireland-UK Fibreoptic Cable Project Planned for Pembrokeshire - SubTel Forum

Ireland-UK Fibreoptic Cables to Be Connected at Pembrokeshire Beach By Bruce Sinclair, Nation.Cymru June 9, 2026 Plans by a Vodafone phone company subsidiary to bring fibreoptic cables across the sea from Ireland to a Pembrokeshire seaside beach village in order to improve broadband coverage have been lodged. In an application to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Apollo Submarine Cable Systems limited, through agent APEM Group, seeks permission…