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Telxius to land Google's Grace Hopper cable at Bilbao hub

Wednesday 16 December 2020 | 10:55 CET | News
Telefonica's infrastructure subsidiary Telxius confirmed that it will provide landing and colocation services for Google's new subsea cable, Grace Hopper, when it connects the US to Spain and the UK in 2022. Under the enhanced agreement between the partners, Google will connect Grace Hopper to the Telxius Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Sopelana on Spain's northern coast and use the interconnection and transmission capabilities of the Derio Communications Hub near Bilbao,

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Companies: Google / Telefonica / Telxius
Countries: Spain
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