On 4 May 2026, EllaLink and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania announced the landing of the EllaLink (European Link with Latin America) submarine cable system in Nouadhibou. This is the second submarine cable to land in Mauritania, following the ACE submarine cable which entered service in 2012. The new branch extends more than 670 km from the main EllaLink trunk to the new Nouadhibou cable landing station, and is equipped with two fibre pairs. In Nouadhibou, EllaLink has built a new neutral cable landing station, enabling national operators to access the infrastructure via two diverse routes. “The Nouadhibou landing positions Mauritania as a strategic node on the Atlantic digital map, according to a company press release. “The new route reduces the risk of service outages, opens regional extension opportunities towards the Sahel and the wider Atlantic corridor, and reinforces Nouadhibou’s emergence as an industrial and economic centre”. The 6,000 km Ellalink cable entered service in 2021, has a design capacity of 100 Tbps, and runs from Sines (Portugal) to Fortaleza (Brazil) (see Cape Verde: Ellalink Submarine Cable Enters Service Running From Sines (Portugal) to Fortaleza (Brazil)). In June 2022, an extension running to Cape Verde also entered service (see Cape Verde: Ellalink Submarine Cable Enters Service In Cape Verde).
Source: EllaLink, Ministry of Digital Transformation and Modernisation of Administration (MTNIMA)
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