EU-Latin America submarine fibre-optic cable: it’s getting there
The €134 million (US$185 million) cable between Europe (Lisbon, Portugal) and Latin America (Fortaleza, Brazil) will be built by a private consortium led by Brazilian state-owned telecom provider Telebras and Spanish cable operator Islalink.
The EULALINK Joint Venture agreement between them has just been signed.
▻https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/planned-new-submarine-cable-between-europe-and-latin-america-joint-venture
Even though in an other context than purely R&E, nothing excludes Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff is probably genuinely pleased:
Brazil presses EU for progress on undersea cable to circumvent US spying
▻http://rt.com/news/brazil-eu-cable-spying-504
Brazil has been routing its internet traffic through Miami, Florida’s network access point. However, last month [January 2014], Brazilian state-owned telecom provider Telebras announced that it would be entering a joint venture with Spain’s IslaLink’s Submarine Cables in order to connect the two continents, bypassing the US.
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“As far as cyber is concerned, we share a common interest in a right balance between privacy and openness on the Internet,” European Council President Herman Van Rompuy stated [in February 2014]. However, he did not make any direct references to the undersea cable project.
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Telebras would have a 35 percent share, while IslaLink would have a 45 percent stake. Pension funds from both Europe and Brazil would make up the rest. However, Brazil is expected to put up more for the project in total, so Brazil will be contributing more funds, according an official who spoke to Reuters.
▻https://euobserver.com/justice/123260
“We welcomed the plans for the future installation of a fibre-optic submarine cable linking Brazil and Europe, which will improve communications between the two continents,” said the EU Council, representing member states, in a statement.
Another view:
Brazil’s New Underwater Data Cable to Portugal Is Still Likely Not NSA-Proof
▻https://news.vice.com/article/brazils-new-underwater-data-cable-to-portugal-is-still-likely-not-nsa-pro
#BELLA: Building Europe Link to Latin America
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