The system went into commercial operation on March 2, 1992. The MPB-supplied equipment performed flawlessly throughout the 14-year lifetime of the system which was decommissioned in 2006 due to the plethora of higher capacity Trans-Atlantic fiber optic systems based on optical amplifier technology.
Un consortium international formé de AT&T, British Telecom, France Telecom et Téléglobe Canada a prit la décision de déployer le deuxième système de fibre optique Trans-Atlantique pour la transmission des communications commerciales entre l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe.