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Google Honors Brazilian Writer with Fiber Optic Cable Being Built in the United States That Has Scale in Brazil
On last Wednesday (09), Google announced, in a post on its Official Blog, a new fiber optic cable named Firmina that has scale in Brazil. The cable promises to operate with a single power source.
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The post was signed by Bikash Koleyh, Vice President of Global Networking at Google Cloud. Despite this announcement, the company did not disclose the completion date for the fiber optic cable but confirmed its landing points in Praia Grande, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Google’s fiber optic cable is being built between Las Toninas, Argentina, and the east coast of the United States and is expected to be the longest in the world capable of operating with just a single power source.
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The goal of Google’s cable is to enhance the access of the South American population to services like Gmail, Google Cloud, YouTube, and the company’s own browser. The company explained that the Firmina cable will transport data more quickly and securely between North and South America. Consequently, users will have faster access with lower latency to the brand’s digital platforms.
Words from the Vice President of Global Networking
According to Koley, data in a submarine cable is transmitted as pulses of light within a fiber optic line. These light pulses are amplified every 100 km through a high-voltage power source installed at the cable stations in each country.
Shorter cables make better use of the available energy from a single end, but it is more challenging to do the same with longer cables that have wider fiber pairs.
Google’s Fiber Optic Cable Named After Brazilian Writer
According to Google, the name Firmina, given to the cable that promises to use a single power source, honors Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825-1917). She was a Brazilian writer and abolitionist who wrote a novel called Úrsula, portraying the lives of Black Brazilians during the time of slavery.
The prominent character in Brazilian history has also been featured in a Doodle. The company stated that the action aims to honor someone significant to the advancement of understanding between social justice and humankind.
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