wiredInUSA December 2019

Latin American connections

Low latency link

Working in collaboration with Nokia, Angola Cables has successfully completed a trial test of a direct optical connection between Africa and North America, linking Sangano in Angola and Boca Raton, Miami. According to Ângelo Gama, the CTO of Angola Cables, the results show a reduction in latency between content providers in North America and the rapidly growing data consumption markets in Africa. “For example, the connection between Johannesburg and New York City will be reducedby up to18percent using thedirect SACS and MONET fiber optic connection,” Gama said. SACS, the South Atlantic Cable System owned and managed by Angola Cables, consists of four fiber pairs between Fortaleza, Brazil, and Luanda, Angola. The consortium-owned MONET system connects Fortaleza with Boca Raton, Florida. Angola Cables has successfully completed a trial test of a direct optical connection between Africa and North America. Photograph courtesy of Angola Cables

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Angola Cables has partnered with DE- CIX, an Internet exchange (IX) operator, to offer premium interconnection services to a variety of neutral IXs for operators and datacenters across Latin America. The objective of the partnership is to expand capabilities and boost Internet providers’ businesses via the south-south Atlantic connection. ISPs will be able to connect to over 100 countries, andover 1,700carriersworldwide. Theresa Bobis, DE-CIX’s regional director, south Europe, said there are major benefits arising from the partnership. “From now on, Angola Cables as a DE-CIX reseller will be able to provide Internet service providers with a reliable low-latency network and high quality access to premium network interconnections and Internet exchanges in Europe, the Middle East, North America and India.” The two companies have already established interconnections from São Paulo and Fortaleza to Lisbon, and plan to interconnect the same Brazilian cities to the DE-CIX Internet exchanges in New York, Madrid and Frankfurt.

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wiredInUSA December 2019