In an attempt to avoid NSA spying, Brazil
is planning to lay 3,500 miles of fiber-optic cable under the Atlantic
Ocean to bypass the U.S. and create a direct Internet connection to
Europe.
The estimated $185 million project,
built without the help of U.S. companies, will stretch cable from
Fortaleza, Brazil, to Portugal, Bloomberg News reported.
One year ago, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivered a scathing speech to the United Nations General Assembly accusing the NSA of violating international law.
“Personal data of citizens was intercepted indiscriminately. Corporate information – often of high economic and even strategic value – was at the center of espionage activity,” Rousseff told the world body. “Also, Brazilian diplomatic missions, among them the permanent mission to the U.N. and the office of the president of the republic itself, had their communications intercepted.”
In the cable project, Telecomunicacoes Brasilerias SA, known as Telebras, plans to shut out even Cisco Systems Inc., a U.S. supplier to Telebras known for its Internet prowess.
One year ago, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivered a scathing speech to the United Nations General Assembly accusing the NSA of violating international law.
“Personal data of citizens was intercepted indiscriminately. Corporate information – often of high economic and even strategic value – was at the center of espionage activity,” Rousseff told the world body. “Also, Brazilian diplomatic missions, among them the permanent mission to the U.N. and the office of the president of the republic itself, had their communications intercepted.”
In the cable project, Telecomunicacoes Brasilerias SA, known as Telebras, plans to shut out even Cisco Systems Inc., a U.S. supplier to Telebras known for its Internet prowess.
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