Desarrollo País is looking for an investment partner to bring fiber optics from the mooring point of the future submarine cable to Argentina through a new route south of Santiago. The objective is for this connectivity to reach the main Latin American markets.

Desarrollo País, the state infrastructure fund, launched a call for proposals to establish a terrestrial fiber optic backbone network to connect the future Humboldt submarine cable from its landing point to the border with Argentina and extend further to Brazil.

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The Humboldt to connect with the networks of Argentina and Brazil

Desarrollo País is looking for an investment partner to bring fiber optics from the mooring point of the future submarine cable to Argentina through a new route south of Santiago. The objective is for this connectivity to reach the main Latin American markets.

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