What is TAE?
TAE is a joint venture (JV) between EXA Infrastructure and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP), designed to provide the most direct and reliable fibre optic infrastructure between Italy, Greece and Turkey.
The system is now operational.
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Our client value proposition
State-of-the-art network
TAE provides a very high quality route between southern Italy and Turkey using latest quality G.652D fibre. Competing fibre in traversing countries is generally old and of poor quality.
Embedded reliability
By being installed on a gas pipeline, the route is well protected and expected to provide very high reliablity compared to competing networks.
Low-latency route
The gas pipeline is built in a very direct route (for economic reasons) and therefore offers an attractive low-latency route between Italy and Turkey.
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Key statistics
TAE Network
Impressions
drone view of Castoro 10, the pipe-laying ship, 140m off the Adriatic coast
Castoro Sei, cathedral area joint of two coupled pipes across the inner ramp
Castoro Sei, laying the pipe during the microtunnel insertion phase
Controlled horizontal drilling under the Semani River, Fier region, Albania, Deecember 2016
Construction work in Berat, Albania, December 2016
Welding in the Korca region, Albania, July 2017
The first offshore pipes successfully pulled ashore, Albania, March 2019
Aerial view of the 'cofferdam', the structure built for the construction of the Albanian landfall of the pipeline, Albania, March 2019
Building the TAE ILA sites
Building the TAE ILA sites
Building the TAE ILA sites
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