Chile seeks to purchase optical fiber cables
On June 4, 2025, Chile's government and Google formalized an agreement to build the Humboldt Cable, a submarine fiber-optic line that will directly connect South America and the Asia-Pacific region. Other South American countries, such as Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil are also expected to benefit. Google reportedly invested somewhere between $300 million and $550 million in the. This project, first outlined in 2016 and developed through public-private partnership, will run. Over the years, the country has emphasised the importance to carry out priority programmes, deployment of 5G, submarine fiber optic cable and. Dubbed the "Humboldt Project," the 14,800-kilometere cable will run from Valparaíso on Chile's Pacific coast to Sydney, Australia, via French Polynesia.
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