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Argentina to light up Tierra del Fuego dark fibre network

Monday 19 April 2021 | 11:56 CET | News
Argentina's state-owned operator Arsat announced an agreement to expand the country's Federal Fibre Optic Network (Refefo) to underserved parts of the southernmost province of Tierra del Fuego. Under the terms of the agreement signed between Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Santiago Cafiero, Tierro del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella and Arsat board member Facundo Leal, the territory will light up 357 kilometres of dark fibre and connect it to Refefo in a project funded by telecommunications regulator Enacom.

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