Circe is a submarine communications cable that connects network switches in the United Kingdom with those in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. It was built at a cost of US$1 billion by Viatel in the late 1990s and measures up to 8,700 km in total length.[1] According to a 1998 Bloomberg Businessweek article, Circe is one of the first cross-border fibre-optics networks in Europe.[2]

In 2013, media reports revealed that communication passing through Circe is being secretly monitored by the British intelligence agency GCHQ as part of its ongoing surveillance project.[3]

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  1. ^ Ganitsky, Joseph. "REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACIÓN, 27, CLADEA, BOGOTÁ: 2001" (in Spanish). University of the Andes (Colombia). Retrieved 29 August 2013. Viatel estaba invirtiendo m á s de US$1.000 millones en el desarrollo, construcci ó n y operaci ó n de la ultramoderna red Paneuropea Circe de 8.700 kil ó metros que unir á sus 40 ciudades m á s importantes.
  2. ^ "Viatel: A Cheap Telephone Call". Bloomberg Businessweek. June 21, 1998. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013. Viatel is building a fiber-optic network called Circe that would link its switch in Britain with switches in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands--thus creating one of Europe's first cross-border optics network.
  3. ^ "British Officials Have Far-Reaching Access To Internet And Telephone Communications". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
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