ODIN was a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the

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, and

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. It was 1040 km in length and used Synchronous Digital Hierarchy technology and had two 2.5

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/s lines (One active and one redundant) and can simultaneously carry 30,000 telephone calls. It was built in 3 segments (Segment 1: Netherlands - Denmark, segment 2: Denmark - Norway, Segment 3: Norway - Sweden) and the project cost DKK 480m (Approx. €64.5m). It had landing points in: #

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# Måde,

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The segment between Måde and Blåbjerg was overland (shown in blue). ODIN Seg1 is out of service since 1 January 2007. Segment 3 is out of service since approximately 22 April 2008. The last segment was taken out of service before January 2009.Recovery of more than 500 km Outfaced Cable in the North Sea
, JD-Contractor A/S, January 2009 press release on cable recovery contract.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Odin (Cable System) Submarine communications cables in the North Sea 2007 disestablishments in the Netherlands 2008 disestablishments in Sweden 2009 disestablishments in Denmark 2009 disestablishments in Norway