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First direct submarine cable to link Europe and Latin America

By John Williamson

EllaLink Ireland Ltd and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have announced that they have started construction of the EllaLink Submarine Cable System. Scheduled for operation in 2020, the EllaLink system is a four-fibre pair submarine system designed to satisfy the demand for traffic between Europe and Latin America. Linking datacentres in Madrid, Lisbon, Marseille, Fortaleza and […]

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