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Google is set to build a new subsea cable connecting Chile with Australia -- the first such cable to connect South America with Asia-Pacific.

As a lay person, it is a common perception that data and communication signals travel through multiple satellite systems orbiting around the earth. However, this is a grave misconception. As one writer puts it, “but that the communication signals themselves are then broken into bits of data, which then ply the ocean depths at the speed of light via unseen cables, is hard to imagine.”

TeleGeography’s 2021 Submarine Cable Map, sponsored by Telecom Egypt, also delivers key insights into top cable suppliers, landing stations, cable lengths,