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Chile to Study Transpacific Cable Connecting South America, Asia

Chile to Study Trans-Pacific Cable to Connect South America With Asia By Dave Sherwood and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda, Reuters July 12, 2019 SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Friday took a step toward building the first fiber-optic cable to directly connect South America and Asia, a project that has piqued the interest of China’s Huawei [...]

Kieran Clark2019-07-12T16:58:00-04:00July 12th, 2019|Categories: Future Systems|Tags: America, Asia, Cable, Chile, Gloria Hesse, Huawei, NEC, Sebastian Pinera, South America, Transpacific|

Chile Inaugurates Southern Fiber System

Chile Inaugurates Southern Fiber System, Launches New Digital Divide Plan By Telecompaper May 29, 2019 Chilean president Sebastian Pinera has inaugurated the country’s Fibra Optica Austral (FOA) southern fibre project and presented a new plan to reduce the country’s digital divide at an event in Puerto Montt. The president was joined by executives of Huawei [...]

Kieran Clark2019-05-29T10:44:50-04:00May 29th, 2019|Categories: Current Systems|Tags: Austral, Chile, CTR, Fiber, Fibra Optica Austral, Huawei Marine, Patagonia, Puerto Montt, Puerto Williams, Sebastian Pinera|