UNISUR (cable system)

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UNISUR is an optical submarine telecommunications cable system in the South Atlantic Ocean linking Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.

It has landing points in:

1. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
2. Maldonado, Maldonado Department, Uruguay
3. Las Toninas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

It has a design transmission capacity of 560 Mbit/s and a total cable length of 1,720 km. It started operation on 16 November 1994.

[edit] Sources

• http://www.cedep.ifch.ufrgs.br/Cronologiamercosul/cron_mercosul.doc. Retrieved on February 17, 2006.
• http://www.alcatel.com/submarine/refs/cibles/atls/unisur.htm. Retrieved on February 17, 2006.