Editing Telecommunications in Brazil (section)

===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.