Monet (submarine cable)

The MONET cable system is a subsea fibre optic telecommunications cable scheduled to be deployed at the end of 2016. Delays in the execution bring the conclusion to December 2017. It will connect the cities of Santos and Fortaleza in Brazil with Boca Raton in the United States.[1][2]

Monet
Cable typeSubsea fibre optic telecommunications
FateIn operation
Construction beginningQ4 2014[1]
Construction finishedQ4 2017
First trafficDec 2017
Design capacity64 TBit/s[1]
Built byTE SubCom[2]
Landing points
Area servedUnited States and Brazil
Owner(s)Algar Telecom, Angola Cables, ANTEL, Google
Proposed route

TE SubCom is the selected provider for the project.[1][2]

The new cable will be 10,556 kilometres (6,560 mi) long and have six fibre pairs. It will have an initial capacity of 64 Tbit/s (Terabits per second). The cable will be operated by four telecommunications companies: Algar Telecom, Angola Cables, ANTEL, and Google.[1][2][3]

Equinix announced it has been selected by the Monet Submarine Cable investors to provide U.S. facilities and services for the next-generation cable landing station architecture, to support the Monet Submarine Cable System, terminating in the U.S. at Equinix's MI3 International Business Exchange data center, which services the greater Miami metropolitan area.[4]

Final splicing occurred in November 2016.


The Monet submarine cable system which links between Brazil and Florida is ready for use, reported at December 2017. [5]

References
  1. "A multinational project to build a new underwater cable uniting Latin America and the U.S." SubCom.com (Press release). Eatontown, NJ, USA: TE SubCom. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. "TE SubCom tapped for US-Brazil cable". LightReading.com. Light Reading. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. "A multinational project to build a new underwater cable uniting Latin America and the U.S." (PDF). Antel.com.uy. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. "Monet submarine cable selects Equinix for landing station and next generation digital gateway to Latin America". Equinix.com. Redwood City, Calif: Equinix, Inc. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. "Monet submarine cable system linking Florida to Brazil ready for service". www.lightwaveonline.com. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
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