2021-05-26 00:05:35 GMT2021-05-26 08:05:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SANTIAGO, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Chile's telecommunications ministry on Tuesday announced the installation of a new submarine cable to boost connectivity among Latin America's Pacific coast countries, with mooring points in Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala.
Transportation and Telecommunications Minister Gloria Hutt, visiting the northern Arica and Parinacota region, one of the sites where the so-called Mistral cable will be moored, said such initiatives "are fundamental for digital connectivity, since they are the basic infrastructure of the Internet."
She added, "That is why we are celebrating the installation of the Mistral cable, because 99 percent of Arica's data will be transmitted through it to various parts of the country, something essential now that we are experiencing a pandemic, as a result of which many activities are being done remotely."