Global Fiber taps Padtec for Belém-Fortaleza subsea fiber route

Peru-based Global Fiber hired Brazil’s Padtec as the main optical solutions provider for a new submarine fiber route to be deployed off Brazil’s northern coast.

This system will connect Pará state capital Belém and Ceará capital Fortaleza and will be Global Fiber’s first project fully deployed in Brazilian territory, Padtec said in a statement.

In addition to Padtec, Global Fiber hired its Peruvian sister firm Satelital as a provider for the system.

Founded in 2015 as a subsidiary of Satelital Group, Global Fiber Peru operates a fiber network with coverage throughout its home country, with special focus on the 180 provincial capitals.

The new cable in Brazil is part of a more ambitious Global Fiber project to connect Lima to Fortaleza, crossing the Amazon rainforest to offer a Pacific-Atlantic connectivity gateway.

For the route between Iquitos and Santa Rosa de Yaraví (Peru), Leticia (Colombia) and Tabatinga (Brazil), Global Fiber selected Nokia as the provider.

Already deployed, that underwater network interconnects 500,000 users across 400 communities in an area where Peru, Colombia and Brazil share borders.

It is not clear whether Global Fiber will build its own cables or rely on existing structures for the Tabatinga-Belém section.

The Belém-Fortaleza segment is due to start operations in late 2025.