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SeabornNetworks andGrupoWerthein
have announced their agreement to
build the ARBR subsea fiber optic cable
system between Argentina and Brazil.
The ARBR system will provide onward
connectivity via Seabras-1 and will be
developed and owned by Seabras
Group and Werthein. Seabras is the
sole owner of the entire Seabras-1
submarine cable.
Seaborn is the operator of both
Seabras-1 and the ARBR system; a
total project size of over $575 million.
Larry Schwartz, chairman and CEO of
both Seaborn Networks and Seabras
Group, said: “This project responds
to the Argentine market need for
substantially
more
international
capacity on a next generation system
while also offering the country’s first
independent operator model for a
critical submarine cable route.”
Argentina’s communications minister,
OscarAguad,commented:“Argentina
needs a global modernization of
communications infrastructure and
this first independent submarine cable
system is a very important step.”
“Given that it has been sixteen years
since the last submarinecablewas built
fromArgentina to Brazil, combinedwith
the fact that this is the primary route
for data and voice communications
between Argentina and the rest of
the world, this new and independent
route is overdue,” said Dario Werthein
of Grupo Werthein.
The ARBR system will be a four-fiber
pair system with an initial maximum
design capacity of 48Tb per second,
and an anticipated completion date
in the second half of 2018.
Linking Brazil with
Argentina
M A K I N G T H E
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