BRUSA, a new submarine cable nearly 11,000 km in length linking Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza (Brazil) with San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Virginia Beach (USA), consists of 8 fiber pairs, with initial design capacity of 135 x 100 Gbps per fiber pair and ROADM technology. The Submarine Cable Map is a free and regularly updated resource from TeleGeography. Rising investments in renewable energy, smart grids, and broadband connectivity are boosting cable installation across Brazil. A new communication optical cable production base in Minas Gerais, Brazil, invested by YOFC BRASIL CABOS E SOLUCOES LTDA (hereinafter referred to as "YOFC Brasil"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YOFC, was put into operation on September 19, 2023. On the subsea side, Fortaleza is emerging as a subsea landing point thanks to its relative proximity to Africa and Europe, with at least 10 cables either operational or planned there, including EllaLink, the only direct link between South America and Europe (see page X for a full Fortaleza market. Peru-based telecoms operator Global Fiber says it has selected Brazilian fibre-optic vendor Padtec and Peruvian telecoms firm Satelital as primary suppliers for a subsea 'festoon' network connecting two provincial capital cities in Brazil.
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