The islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will be connected to the rest of the world from the point of view of telecommunications.
This has been reported from the Cabildo of Tenerife, an entity that has presented the new advances of its technology company Canalink, which operates a submarine fiber optic cable that will now connect Tenerife with the two islands of the province of Las Palmas through bidirectional connections, in order to enhance the connection capacity of these two territories.
This is the third step of a project started in 2010, when the islands of La Palma and Gran Canaria were connected by cable to South Africa, allowing links throughout the African coast. After that, Tenerife and Gran Canaria were connected to Lisbon, and now, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will be added.
In this last union, something more than 34 million euros will be invested, of which the European Union will contribute 23.4 million, while the Cabildo of Tenerife, through Canalink, will contribute 11 million.
Benefits
As reported by the president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Pedro Martín, the useful life of these cables, which are made of state-of-the-art fiber optics, is estimated at "about 30 years and its benefits are between 5 and 6 million euros per year".
Likewise, this activity will serve to attract resources, companies and talent, functioning as "a plan b to tourism", said Martín, who added that "99% of the world's connections are made by fiber, submarine or terrestrial".
