TheANTAREScollaborationisbuildingadeepunderwaterneutrinotelescopetobeimmersedintheMediterraneanSea40kmofftheFrenchcoast.ThisdetectorwillbeabletodetecttheCherenkovlightemittedbymuonsproducedinneutrinointeractionsusingathree-dimensionalmatrixofopticalsensors,Thetelescopewillbemadeofnearly1000oftheseelementaryunitsdistributedoverawideareaofabout0.1km2atanaveragedepthof2400mInordertoreachasub-nanosecondresolutiononlighpulsedetection,signalsfromallOMsareanalyzedanddigitizedlocallybeforebeingsenttoshorethrougha50kmelectro-opticalcable,Front-endelectronics,timealignment(clockdistribution),TriggeringanddataacquistitionforsuchalargeandremotedetectorrepresentarealhallengeandrequiredconsiderableR&Dstudies,Thetechnicalsolutionsadoptedbythecollaborationwillbedescribedandtheirperformancesdiscussed.
