By World Nation News Desk
The government of Argentina this Wednesday authorized Google Infraesttrutura to install a new submarine fiber optic cable in the Argentine territorial sea, which will connect the east coast of the United States with South America, to accelerate the connection of the company’s platforms . region.
Approval for the installation of the cable – with a mooring point in the Argentine city of Las Toninas in the province of Buenos Aires, and which is part of the Firmina project – was given through a proposal issued by ANACOM (Ente Nacional de Comunicas). In the Gazette this Wednesday.
The Firmina project is a high-capacity fiber-optic submarine cable system from the city of Myrtle Beach in the US state of South Carolina to the Argentine resort of Las Toninas, with one branch in the Uruguay city of Punta del Este and another in the Uruguayan city of Punta del Este. Praia Grande (sp).
The cable system will cover a distance of approximately 13,500 km, including five sections for the main route and two branches, designed to support a geometric signal-to-noise ratio of 8.1 decibels per backbone fiber pair, and 15 of the final design capability. 03 Terabits per second per fiber pair.
For ANACOM, the installation and application of this submarine cable system will allow growth not only from a technical point of view, but also from an economic point of view.
“The project contained in this submarine cable will be of significant benefit to the country, keeping in view the growing demand for services, especially in view of the growing demand for telecom infrastructure capacity in the international segment”, to Anacom in the resolution. justifies.
The project was named Firmina in honor of the Brazilian writer and abolitionist María Firmina dos Reis (1825–1917), whose novel UrsulaFrom 1859, describes the life of black Brazilians under slavery.
With the arrival of Firmina, Google will have 16 submarine cables in the world: it will join Curie, which connects the United States with Chile, Monet and Junior, with cities in Brazil, and Tannat, which it connects to Argentina, Connects Uruguay and Brazil. ,
