BELLA-S: Building the European Link to Latin America – Submarine
Starting date: June 1, 2016.
End date: October 2022.
Funding: Financing was provided by the European Union via DG-CONNECT- EUR 5 million - and DG-DEFIS - EUR 8.56 million.
Website: https://bella-t-s.redclara.net
Summary:
Building the European Link to Latin America – Submarine. The initiative commenced on June 1, 2016, and achieved successful completion in October 2022. The European Union (EU) funded it through DG-CONNECT (5 million euros) and DG-DEFIS (8.56 million euros). BELLA-S (It should be noted that people customarily referred to this project as BELLA) sought to obtain the Irrevocable Right of Use (IRU) of 40 optical channels on a direct submarine cable between Portugal and Brazil, and to establish two 100 Gbps links for the GÉANT-RedCLARA connection and the EU's Copernicus Earth Observation Programme. The successfully implemented submarine cable, named ELLALink, signifies the link that brings ELLA (Europe Link with Latin America) to life.
Members:
Europe: DFN (Germany), FCT|FCCN (Portugal), GARR (Italy), GÉANT (pan-Europe), RedIRIS (Spain), RENATER (France).
Latin America: CEDIA (Ecuador), RENATA (Colombia), REUNA (Chile), RedCLARA (Latin America), RNP (Brazil).
