The company communicated together with Antel the arrival of the international extension that will connect the country with the east coast of the United States.
Google and before announced today the arrival in Uruguay of an extension of the international submarine cable “Firmina”which will connect the east coast of USA with the city of Las Toninas, in Argentina.
In addition to this extension that came to east pointand it will become the first cable that will directly connect the country with the United StatesGoogle will install another in the municipality of Praia Grande, in Brazil.
The American company clarified that despite the long distance from Firmina —of about 13,500 kilometers and that it was defined as “the longest in the world” by the CEO of Google, sundar pichai—, it will be able to function completely with a single power source at one end of the cable, in case no other power sources are temporarily available.
“We are very happy to mark a new milestone in terms of connectivity,” he said. Christian RamosGoogle’s Infrastructure Development manager, adding that “Firmina will strengthen the telecommunications ecosystem in the region and will provide a boost to network resilience in a context where connectivity reliability is more important than ever.”
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Paganini: “One more step in positioning Uruguay as an innovation hub”
For his part, the Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Omar Paganinipointed out that with the arrival of Firmina, Uruguay “continues to strengthen its international connectivity, critical infrastructure for the country’s technological ecosystem”, and that “The consolidation of the presence of Google is another step in the positioning of Uruguay as an innovation hub”.
Along these lines, the president of Antel, Gabriel Gurmendezmaintained that the arrival of the cable means “a new milestone for the growing integration and technological rapprochement of our country”, as well as “a great advance for our connectivity with the world”.
Source: Ambito
