Red Eléctrica has equipped itself with a private telecommunications network, built in order to improve the management capacities of the company as well as to cover the needs arising from the management of electric power transmission and the operation of the electricity system.
At the present time Red Eléctrica owns a fibre optic cable network with 21.300 km of cables for providing remote control, remote control and remote protection services with an excellent degree of reliability. This involves an extensive trunkline network, in which the optical fibres are housed inside the steel cables comprising the high-voltage electricity grid, which renders the network exceptionally strong and secure.
In addition to its vast extension, Red Eléctrica's telecommunications network is characterised by its mesh structure, which enables it to establish failure-resistant transmission systems, with exceptional reliability and availability rates.
At the present time, the services provided by this network fully cover both Red Eléctrica's own needs as well as the requirements of the electricity system, while at the same time its outstanding capacity enables it to provide telecommunications services to third parties, with excellent availability rates.