BR/LA NRENS & International Links; EU - BR(LA): BELLA Project; RNP 100G Backbone 2021; Agreements w/ Power Companies (Electrics) - Chesf, Furnas & Eletrosul (OPGW holders); Current segments of BELLA-T; BELLA Project + AmLight + AARCLight RedCLARA Backbone

1. Eduardo Grizendi
RNP, Brazil
Connecting Latin America and Europe - Ellalink and Beyond
Webinar | Second EU-Brazil Conference on Digital Economy and
Innovation: Connectivity and New Digital Infrastructures
06/18/2021 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT-3

2. • RNP - Brazilian National Research and
Education Network (NREN)
• RedCLARA – LA Cooperation of
NRENs
• International collaborations @ N x
100G
‒ US – BR(LA): AmLight Network
Infrastructure, Monet Cable
‒ US-BR(LA) - Africa: AARCLight,
SACS cable to Angola, South Africa
via SACS+WACS
‒ EU - BR(LA): BELLA Project –
Building the Europe Link to Latin
America
BR/LA NRENS & International Links
International Exchange Points (GXP) in Brazil:
SAX: Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
SOL: São Paulo, SP, Brazil

3. • BELLA-S (S= Submarine):
‒ Long-term scalable
capacity on EllaLink
cable between Brazil and
Portugal
• BELLA-T (T = Terrestrial):
‒ Building a new scalable
RedClara backbone
within South America
EU - BR(LA): BELLA Project
BELLA-T
BELLA-S

4. RNP 100G Backbone 2021

5. Agreements w/ Power Companies
(Electrics) - Chesf, Furnas &
Eletrosul (OPGW holders)
• Agreement for 20 years,
RoU of 1 dark fiber pair
Chesf
Furnas
Eletrosul

6. 3. BELLA-T and RedCLARA Update (ii)
Current segments of BELLA-T
REUNA
CEDIA
RENATA
RNP

7. BELLA Project + AmLight + AARCLight
RedCLARA Backbone
BELLA 2030

8. Thank you!
Eduardo Grizendi
eduardo.grizendi@rnp.br