Channel Tunnel Stories

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Channel Tunnel stories

Could a bridge or tunnel work across the Cook Strait?

A fixed link could cut the crossing to 40 minutes, but a Cook Strait tunnel would cost about NZD $50 billion and stretch funding to breaking point.

By Staff Writer • 11 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2024

Global Stories

Channel Tunnel stories

Emergency services

TCCA paper calls for common mission-critical user rules

Inconsistent access rules risk complicating cross-border emergency communications as Europe shifts mission-critical services onto broadband networks.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Channel Tunnel stories

Unified Communications

EXA Infrastructure unveils new fibre route linking FLAP cities

EXA Infrastructure launches a 1,200 km fibre route, linking London with Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels via the first new North Sea subsea cable in 25 years.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 17th Jul 2025

Unified Communications

Colt fibre network seamlessly connects London and Paris now

The new fibre-optic cable deployed along the Tunnel provides access to the most fibre-connected data centres between the UK and mainland Europe.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Sat, 10th Jun 2023

Kiwi Stories

Could a bridge or tunnel work across the Cook Strait?

Global Stories

TCCA paper calls for common mission-critical user rules

Stories from Other Regions

EXA Infrastructure unveils new fibre route linking FLAP cities

Colt fibre network seamlessly connects London and Paris now

Infrastructure

Aviation

Safety