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French Guiana to gain connection to South America-Europe cable

https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/french-guiana-to-gain-connection-to-south-america-europe


French Guiana to gain connection to South America-Europe cable
EllaLink won a contract to connect French Guiana to the South
America-Europe submarine system, also called EllaLink, via a 2,100km cable
branch.

The contract was awarded by SPLANG, which is part of governance body
Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane (CTG) and the associated municipalities
of French Guiana, EllaLink said in a statement.

The new infrastructure will have two fiber pairs and enable direct
connections from French Guiana to Fortaleza, Brazil, which is the end point
of the 8,000km intercontinentalcable.

The branch will be built by Nokia’s Alcatel Submarine Networks (ANS) and
will “use state-of-the-art optical technologies,” enabling latency of less
than 80ms, according to Ellalink.

The link will offer opportunities by delivering direct connectivity to
Europe bypassing North America.

“French Guiana is one of the nine outermost regions of the European Union
and a land of strategic importance as it hosts the launch pads for
Ariannespace rockets. Being so remote from continental Europe makes it
difficult for the region to enjoy a direct and secure connection with the
rest of Europe,” the company said.

The project benefits from funding under the Connecting Europe Facility
(CEF) program and is aligned with the European Commission Digital Gateway
priorities, it added.

Contract values, as well as estimated construction and launch dates of the
new system, were not provided.

This is not the only cable that will soon arrive in French Guiana. In
December, Digicel’s Deep Blue One submarine cable started being rolled out
in Caribbean waters to connect mostly offshore oil and gas rigs belonging
to Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.

When completed, Deep Blue One will span 2,000km and have five branching
units: Rockly Bay and Chaguaramas (Trinidad & Tobago), Georgetown (Guyana),
Paramaribo (Suriname) and Cayenne (French Guiana).

The cable will also be built by Nokia’s ASN. The entire system is expected
to be completed in early 2024.


Lance Hinds
Georgetown Guyana




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