ATLANTIS-2

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ATLANTIS-2 (ATLANTIS II)
Owners Carrier consortium of 25 (including Telintar, Embratel, Sonatel, Cabo Verde Telecom, Telefónica, Marconi, Telecom Italia, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Verizon)
Landing points 1. Las Toninas, Argentina 2. Fortaleza, Brazil 3. Cape Verde 4. Dakar, Senegal 5. Canary Islands, Spain 6. Sesimbra, Portugal
Total length	12,000 km
Topology	unknown
Design capacity	40 Gb/s
Currently lit capacity	unknown
Technology	Fiber optics
Date of first use	1999
Decommissioning date	unknown

ATLANTIS-2 is a fiber optic transatlantic telephone cable connecting Argentina, Brazil, Senegal, Cape Verde, Canary Islands and Portugal. Embratel, which organized the project, also installed two additional fiber pairs for its exclusive use between Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro. The cable was activated in 1999. It is 13,100 kilometres in length.

The landing points include:

1. Las Toninas, Argentina
2. Fortaleza, Brazil
3. Cape Verde
4. Dakar, Senegal
5. Canary Islands, Spain
6. Sesimbra, Portugal

[edit] External links

• http://www.convergedigest.com/Daily/v7/v7n092.htm
• http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/submarine/refs/cibles/atls/atlantis2.htm

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