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Technical Works Get underway to Connect Cuba to Underwater Cable



Cienfuegos, Dec 8 (ACN) Technical works are underway since Friday to connect Cuba to an optic fiber underwater cable named Arimao as part of an accord between the island’s Telecom company ETECSA and France’s Orange Company.

Cuban deputy prime minister Jorge Luis Perdomo told ACN that the cable will connect the south-central province of Cienfuegos to the Caribbean island of Martinique to allow the expansion and diversification of international capacity amidst increasing demand for Internet access.

Perdomo said that the project expresses the willingness of the Cuban government to achieve digital development while the new optic fiver access will complement the only underwater connection Cuba has got so far, which is the ALBA-1 cable, thanks to its relationship with Venezuela.

The project also proves Cuba’s intention to keep developing alliances with international companies, even under the hurdles posed by the US blockade, since Washington has several times denied permits to connect Cuba to the United States through underwater cables.

The start of technical works to set up the Arimao cable at the Tricontinental Harbor in the south-central province is a dream come true, said ETECSA president Tania Velazquez, who thanked the French company for its cooperation.

Meanwhile, Jean Luc Vuillemin, president of International Networks with Orange Company said that the cable extends for 2500 kilometers to connect Cienfuegos to Martinique in a period of several weeks.

Cuban Communications Minister Mayra Arevich noted that the underwater cable system contributes to meet the Cuban National Economic and Social Plan up to the year 2030 and will provide Cuban with better connectivity.

According to TeleGeography, there are over 480 underwater cables operating in the world, which extend along 1.3 million kilometers on the ocean bottom.
 
 
 

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