Editing Telecommunications in Brazil (section)

==International backbones==

===Submarine cables===

Several [[submarine communications cable|submarine cables]] link Brazil to the world:<ref name="teleco2">{{cite web|url=http://www.teleco.com.br/tutoriais/tutorialcsub/pagina_2.asp |title=teleco.com.br |publisher=teleco.com.br|access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref>
*'''Americas II''' cable entered operations in September 2000, connecting Brazil ([[Fortaleza]]) to United States.
*'''ATLANTIS-2''', with around 12&nbsp;thousand kilometers in extension, operating since 2000, it connects Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Natal) to Europe, Africa and South America. This is the only cable that connects [[South America]] to [[Africa]] and [[Europe]].
*'''EMERGIA – SAM 1''' cable connects all three [[Americas]], surrounding it with a total extension of more than 25&nbsp;thousand kilometers.
*'''GLOBAL CROSSING - SAC''' Connects all Americas, surrounding them with a total extension of more than 15&nbsp;thousand kilometers.
*'''GLOBENET/360 NETWORK''' Another link from North America to South America.
*'''UNISUR''' Interconnects Brazil, [[Uruguay]] and [[Argentina]].

All these cables have a [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] from 20&nbsp;[[Gbit/s]] to 80&nbsp;Gbit/s, and some have a projected final capacity of more than 1&nbsp;Tbit/s.

===Satellite connections===

List of business and satellites they operate (Brazilian Geostationary Satellites)<ref name="satlist">{{cite web|url=http://www.teleco.com.br/sat_rel.asp |title=teleco.com.br |publisher=teleco.com.br|access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Satellite operator
!Satellite
!Bands
!Orbital positions
!Operational
|-
|rowspan=2|Hispamar
| [[Amazonas 1]]
|rowspan=2|C e Ku
|rowspan=2|61.0° W
|rowspan=2|Yes
|-
|[[Amazonas 2]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Loral Skynet
|[[Telstar 14|Estrela do Sul 1]]
|Ku
|63.0° W
|Yes
|-
|[[Telstar 14R|Estrela do Sul 2]]
|Ku
|63.0° W
|No
|-
|rowspan=9|Star One
|[[Brasilsat B1]]
|C and X
|70.0° W
|Yes
|-
|[[Brasilsat B2]]
|C and X
|65.0° W
|Yes
|-
|[[Brasilsat B3]]
|C
|84.0° W
|Yes
|-
|[[Brasilsat B4]]
|C
|92.0° W
|Yes
|-
|[[Star One C1]]
|C and Ku
|65.0° W
|Yes
|-
|[[Star One C2]]
|C and Ku
|70.0° W
|Yes
|-
|[[Star One C3]]
|C and Ku
|75.0° W
|No
|-
|[[Star One C4]]
|C, L, S
|75.0° W
|No
|-
|[[Star One C5]]
|C and Ku
|68.0° W
|No
|}