Philippe Dumont

In line Capacity Europe 2022, EllaLink announced plans for a new subsea cable, called Olisipo. Despite being only 110km in length, the unrepeated, 288 fibre system boasts a design capacity of 4.3 petabits between Sines and the Lisbon Metro Area, in Portugal.

EllaLink confirms the development of a new subsea cable system between Sines and the Lisbon Metro Area, called the Olisipo system.

Telefónica Group, Crédit Agricole Assurances (CAA) and Vauban Infrastructure Partners (Vauban), are to establish Bluevia Fibra S.L. (Bluevia), a new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) company in Spain.

EllaLink network assures the lowest latency between Europe & Latin America.

Across the globe countries are slowly exiting their various emergency states and attempting to return to business. The Covid-19 crisis has clearly demonstrated that improved transmission, latency and neutrality are required to provide an internet infrastructure that will support a strong, resilient economy going forwards.

Capacity speaks with Philippe Dumont, CEO, EllaLink, on a unique diverse geographical route bringing up to 50% latency reduction between Latin America and Europe.