Optical cable will improve data- and telecoms traffic between Brazil and Portugal
July 07, 2015
A new international agreement for new 6000km-submarine optical fiber cable between Europe and Latin America, linking Lisbon, Portugal, with Fortaleza, Brazil has been reached recently. The initiative, supported by the European Commission, which is already committing EUR 25m to the endeavor, and other bodies, “will bring the two continents closer and boost education, research and innovation as well as business exchanges”, say the promoters.
A launch statement from the EC said, “The cable should reduce connection costs and provide many more private consumers, organizations and companies with a very high-speed Internet connection. The so-called EULALINK Joint Venture agreement between the two consortium partners, Telebras of Brazil and Islalink of Spain, has just been signed.
