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Telefónica and Alcatel-Lucent
Submarine Networks (ASN) have signed
the turnkey agreement to deploy the
BRUSA submarine cable between Brazil
and the US. The almost 11,000km system
will increase end-to-end connectivity
and the availability of ultra-high speed
broadband services in the region.
BRUSA will link Rio de Janeiro and
Fortaleza (Brazil) with San Juan (Puerto
Rico) and Virginia Beach (USA), while
also providing enhanced resiliency over
the Brazil-to-US route.
Philippe Piron, president of Alcatel-Lucent
Submarine Networks, said: “BRUSA comes
at a moment of continued interest in the
Brazil-US route to reliably carry increasing
volumes of data traffic as global demand
for ultra-broadband access rises. We
are pleased to support Telefónica in
seizing the growth opportunities of the
global wholesale market and meeting its
customers’ demands bymakingavailable
our latest technology advancements in
subsea wet design as an integral part of
BRUSA.”
BRUSA will further integrate Telefónica’s
global fiber optic network of over
65,000km of subsea cable.
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Brazilian
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