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A infografia mostra o traçado do cabo de internet designado Peace.
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China constrói cabo de internet para a Europa

March 8, 2021 - Empresas chinesas estão a construir um cabo submarino de internet de 12.000km – designado Peace* – que segue por terra da China para o Paquistão e pelo fundo do mar para a Europa e África Oriental.

The Peace cable aims to make service faster for Chinese companies doing business in Europe and Africa, and will be able to transport enough data in one second for 90,000 hours of Netflix, according to Bloomberg.

Huawei Technologies, the company at the centre of a long-running power struggle between China and the U.S., is the third-largest shareholder in Hengtong Optic-Electric Co. – the company building the cable. Huawei is also making the equipment for the Peace cable landing stations and its underwater transmission gear.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. say they won’t be using Peace because they have enough capacity already. Even if they wanted to, using Peace would be hard for these companies to do, because of the U.S.-led boycott of many Chinese telecommunications equipment makers, including Huawei, for national security reasons, Bloomberg said.

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PUBLISHED: 08/03/2021; STORY: Graphic News
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