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{{short description|Planned optical fibre submarine communications cable system}}
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The '''BRICS Cable''' is a planned [[optical fibre]] [[submarine communications cable]] system that carries telecommunications between the [[BRICS]] countries, specifically [[Brazil]], [[Russia]], [[India]], [[China]] and [[South Africa]].<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDLKQqIM.ZZ0|title=Brics Cable Unveiled for Direct and Cohesive Communications Services between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa|publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> The cable was announced in 2012<ref name="bloomberg"/> but was still under construction as of 2015.<ref name="diplomat"/> The project aims to provide bandwidth around the [[Southern Hemisphere]] of the globe, and to "ensure that [[developing nation]]s’ communications are not all in the hands of the nations of the North".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/workspace/brics-cable-brazil-russia-india-china-south-africaties-73173|title=BRICS To Cable The Southern Hemisphere|publisher=Tech Week Europe|first=Max|last=Smolaks}}</ref>

The cable is approximately {{convert|34000|km}} long, and contains a 2-fibre pair with a 12.8 Tbit/s capacity.<ref name="bloomberg"/><ref name="fon"/> The cable will be the third-longest cable in the world by the time of its completion.<ref name="bp1">{{cite web|url=http://thebricspost.com/brazil-europe-internet-cable-to-cost-185-million/|title=Brazil-Europe Internet cable to cost $185 million|publisher=The BRICS Post}}</ref> It will interconnect with the [[WACS (cable system)|WACS]] cable on the West coast of Africa, and the [[EASSy]] and [[SEACOM (African cable system)|SEACOM]] cables on the East coast of the continent.<ref name="fon">{{cite web|url=http://www.yourfibreopticnews.com/brics+cable+unveiled+for+direct+and+cohesive+communications+services+between+brazil,+russia,+india,+china+and+south+africa_31525.html|title=BRICS Cable unveiled for direct and cohesive communications services between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa|publisher=Your Fibre Optic News|access-date=2015-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119214406/http://www.yourfibreopticnews.com/brics+cable+unveiled+for+direct+and+cohesive+communications+services+between+brazil,+russia,+india,+china+and+south+africa_31525.html|archive-date=2015-11-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to [[The Diplomat]], there is a growing wariness among the BRICS countries that when their data traffic goes through hubs in [[Europe]] or the [[United States]], it incurs a greater "risk of potential interception of critical financial and security information by non-BRICS entities".<ref name="diplomat">{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/a-fiber-optic-silk-road/|title=A Fiber-Optic Silk Road|publisher=[[The Diplomat]]|first=Nadège|last=Rolland}}</ref>

The BRICS cable is intended "to circumvent the U.S. and [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|NSA spying]] through ports in Russia, China, Singapore, India, Mauritius, South Africa, and Brazil".<ref name="Lee">{{cite web|author=Stacia Lee|title=International Reactions to U.S. Cybersecurity Policy: The BRICS undersea cable|url=https://jsis.washington.edu/news/reactions-u-s-cybersecurity-policy-bric-undersea-cable/|publisher=[[Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies]], University of Washington}}</ref>

According to The BRICS Post, Brazilian former President [[Dilma Rousseff]] considers the [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|US spying regimen]] "unacceptable", and postponed an official visit to the US in protest. She has also pushed a new internet bill that would force Google, Facebook, and other networks to store locally gathered data in the country within Brazil, data which would then be governed by Brazilian privacy laws.<ref name="bp1"/>

The [[Cable landing point|landing points]] are [[Miami]] (U.S.), [[Fortaleza]] (Brazil), [[Cape Town]] (South Africa), [[Mauritius]], [[Chennai]] (India), [[Singapore]], [[Shantou]] (China), and [[Vladivostok]] (Russia).

==See also==
*[[WACS (cable system)|WACS]]
*[[EASSy]]
*[[SEACOM (African cable system)|SEACOM]]

==References==
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{{Submarine communications cables in the Atlantic Ocean}}
{{Submarine communications cables in the Indian Ocean}}

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[[Category:Internet in Brazil]]
[[Category:Internet in Russia]]
[[Category:Internet in India]]
[[Category:Internet in China]]
[[Category:Internet in Africa]]
[[Category:Submarine communications cables in the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Submarine communications cables in the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Wide area networks]]
[[Category:BRICS]]

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Neerajnegi nj at 18:59, 3 July 2022