Angola Cables, the Angolan public company specialized in the supply of internet connection via optical fiber, signed a commercial agreement with Silica Networks, subsidiary of Datco infrastructures supplier and optical fiber transport and maintenance service provider. This agreement is to boost the internet capabilities of Silica Networks in Argentina and Chile.

In the framework of that agreement, Angola Cables will connect Silica Networks’ optical fiber land network to the recently commissioned South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) thus boosting the data capacity of the terrestrial optical fiber networks.

According to António Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables "the partnership would strengthen the economic links for the large digital content producers in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, setting up a commercial conduit for them to share content with Africa and other markets, thus making it digitally possible to connect the East with the West". 

Horácio Martinez, CEO of Silica Networks, explains that the SACS which provides better latency compared to the choices existing actually above the Atlantic sea offer high-quality internet traffic with high debit broadband access. “This connection will certainly boost business development in the Latin American, African, Middle and Far Eastern markets, creating a new information highway that will promote a true digital revolution by contributing to the establishment of new data exchanges between companies and users within these different regions”,  he said.