Brazilian telco V.tal has announced plans to launch subsea cables for new routes across Latin America.
First reported by BNAmericas, V.tal said at a subsea cable event that it has been looking at new markets for some time and will share specific plans for cables in the coming months.
“Our roadmap includes planning expansions and new cables in the medium and short term,” said João Januário, subsea engineering manager at V.tal.
No other details about potential routes were shared.
Owned by BTG Pactual Infrastructure Fund II, GlobeNet was a wholesale telecom operator that owned a number of submarine cables in Latin America as well as Cable Landing Stations in Brazil, Colombia, and the US in New Jersey and Florida.
GlobeNet was eventually merged with V.tal – Oi’s fiber-optic infrastructure assets unit – after BTG acquired a majority stake in the company.
Its current portfolio includes the GlobeNet system, landing in Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza, Brazil; Maiquetia, Venezuela; Barranquilla, Colombia; Boca Raton and Tuckerton, US; and St Davis, Bermuda.
The company also operates the Malbec submarine cable.
In Brazil, V.tal currently has three Edge data centers in operation; two in Fortaleza, and one in Rio de Janeiro. The company is also planning a new facility in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.
Source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/vtal-plans-new-subsea-cables-in-latin-america/