BARSAV was a fiber optic submarine communications cable system that linked Barcelona (Spain) with Savona (Italy). It was about 760 km long, was built in 1996 and removed from the seabed in 2018.[1]

It was owned by Telefónica and Telecom Italia. The cable was laid by Alcatel Submarine Networks.[2] The cable consisted of two segments. The first segment from Barcelona (Cabrera de Mar) was 260 km long, the second segment was 500 km long and ended in Savona.[3]

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  1. ^ "Ordinanza n. 43/2018 in data 13/03/2018" (PDF). Capitaneria di Porto di Savona.
  2. ^ Corporate Strategies of the Top 100 UK Companies of the Future, ISBN 9780077092139
  3. ^ European Telecom Monthly Newsletter; Vol 2 Nr 17; 15. September 1997