Monday, September 06, 2021

Diversity and flexibility, the new currencies in the submarine cable segment

The diversification of submarine routes generates abundant activity in the Atlantic and the Pacific. As immediate effects, Tannat and Malbec have already reduced the price of international IP transit to values of around one dollar. Flexibility is a key point to adapt to peaks in demand. These topics will be discussed at the Carriers Map Day 2021 event, organized by Convergencialatina, on September 22.

Between the end of last year and mid-2021, completed startup operations of two new submarine cables with mooring in Las Toninas, Argentina - the extension of the Tannat, Antel and Google; and Malbec, from Globenet and Facebook. This milestone for the local market in more than two decades already translates into concrete changes and is part of a trend towards route diversification that is observed on a global scale.

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