The growth in digital communications worldwide requires long-term planning and effective technical solutions. This is a matter of national interest to the North Atlantic economies and governments. Strategic thinking that anticipates the growth of economic and communications needs require an understanding of the following basic factors in cable management:

• Network architecture options
• New transmission media and cable components
• Changes in signal technologies
• Advances in data compression technologies
• The impact of latency and signal transduction
• The complimentary inclusion of satellite and other systems
• Advantageous integration with other cable systems

Economic and commercial factors are just as important as the basic cable management concerns in establishing an effective long-term plan. Changes in economic needs and responding to new opportunities is critical in assuring the North Atlantic economies are not limited by insufficient planning. An effective strategy must incorporate a practical need for state-of-the-art scaleable technologies, economic cost-effectiveness, and visionary goal that assures a maximum opportunity to participate in the global economy.

Geographically, Farice operates within three primary land borders:

• Canada and the north-eastern United States
• Ireland, Scotland, and England
• Denmark and Norway

Landfall to these borders presents respective strengths and weaknesses which, if correctly aligned, will enhance our connectivity and assure lowered latency and provide seamless redundancy. Each border also represents a greater regional integration with major enterprises and economic systems.