Brazil and Europe will be interconnected by a new submarine cable

Brazil and Europe will be interconnected by a new underwater fiber optic cable with a capacity of 40 terabytes (TB) per second, which will facilitate voice and image communications between different points of the Brazilian territory and the European continent. .

The information comes from the Minister-Adviser for the Digital Market Representation of the European Union in Brazil, Carlos Oliveira. According to him, the European Union has already released $ 30 million to launch the project.

However, according to the Minister-Counselor, the total volume to be applied in the submarine cable has not yet been calculated because it depends on a detail. which is being badyzed by a consortium of companies, including the Brazilian group Telebras. In the end, an international consortium of banks will finance the entire operation.

Brazil currently has a submarine cable linking its territory to Europe, called Atlantis 2. This cable however has only a capacity of 20 gigabytes. The huge development of data transmission in recent years, especially with the advancement of video and image technologies.

Due to inadequate communications with Europe, Brazil is currently obliged to use submarine cables to the Brazilian territory in the United States to transmit international data (voice and images) and from there, these data are retransmitted to other parts of the world, including Europe.

The United States today is a . ] hub that is a Brazilian data storage and distribution center. According to experts, the new submarine cable will reduce the costs badociated with the transmission of data from Brazil to the European mainland

Advantages

Carlos Oliveira Agência Brasil that the project aims mainly to benefit the network of research institutes and universities from Brazil and abroad.

The Minister-Counselor pointed out that operators would also benefit from an advantage, provided that they show an interest in developing their communication capabilities. "I am convinced that Brazilian operators will be interested in this upgrade ."