EllaLink
| EllaLink | |
|---|---|
| Cable type | Fiber optic cable |
| operator | IslaLink , Telebras |
| Landing points | Brazil, Portugal |
| overall length | 5,900 km |
| technology | Wavelength division multiplexing |
| active since | 2018 |
ellaLink - originally eulaLink - is a submarine cable that is supposed to connect Brazil and Portugal . It is scheduled to go into operation in 2020. A start was originally planned for 2016.
The cable runs from Brazil through the Atlantic Ocean to Portugal and thus connects South America with Europe . After Atlantis-2 from 2000, it is the second submarine telecommunications cable that connects South America directly with Europe.
Landing points
Planned landing points are:
- Lisbon , Portugal
- ( Madeira , Portugal )
- Gran Canaria , Canary Islands / Spain
- Praia , Cape Verde
- Fortaleza , Brazil
- Sao Paulo , Brazil
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e EXPRESS SUBSEA CABLE SYSTEM BETWEEN EUROPE & LATIN AMERICA . EllaLink. January 8, 2019.
- ↑ Starting in 2016, a submarine internet cable will connect Europe and Brazil. deutschlandradiokultur.de, January 16, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2014
- ↑ Presentation of the EulaLink project by Alfonso Gajate (president of IslaLink), 5º Fórum Lusófono das Comunicações, ARCTEL-CPLP, 23./24. April 2014 ( Youtube Video)