BELLA Impact

Without connectivity to a National Research and Education Network, an emergency worker in Latin America mapping a region of 500km2 could wait 60 minutes to download critical data. With the completion of BELLA in 2021, high-speed NREN connectivity will deliver that same data in just 7 minutes.

BELLA Topology

To be completed in 2021.

What is happening with BELLA?
The cable is being deployed right now across the Atlantic Ocean. Just think about it...

During the COVID-19 Pandemic...

we are collaborating not only to make BELLA Programme connections a reality but to support Science and Academia in finding out the cure.

NEWS

BELLA IMPACT: Latin America can tackle climate emergencies with high-speed and reliable access to vital Copernicus Earth Observation data

Scientists, citizens and organisations want to help fight climate change for a brighter future, researching, developing and implementing innovative solutions that also create employment and drive econ

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EllaLink's transatlantic submarine cable has already anchored in Portugal

The state-of-the-art fiber optic cable that connects Portugal and Latin America has already arrived in Sines.

The system should be fully operational in the second quarter of 2021, making Portuga

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BELLA IN A NUTSHELL

BELLA: a future-proof connectivity solution between Europe and Latin America for the next 25 years.

About BELLA: Federico Ruggieri, Director of GARR, Italy

TICAL2020 & 4th Latin American e-Science Meeting - Opening: The General Director of DG CONNECT - EC, Roberto Viola, gives his opening speech and points out the importance of BELLA in the Conference organized by RedCLARA.

About BELLA: Paola Arellano, Executive Director of REUNA, Chile

BELLA (Building the Europe Link with Latin America) provides for the long-term interconnectivity needs of European and Latin American research and education communities.

BELLA will achieve this through the procurement of a long-term Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) for spectrum on a submarine cable between the two regions, minimising latency. BELLA is also developing and deploying a 100Gbps-capable research and education network across Latin America.

BELLA is being implemented by a Consortium of Regional Research and Education Networks GÉANT (Europe) and RedCLARA (Latin America) and the National Research and Education Networks (NREN) of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Funding for BELLA is provided by the European Union via three EC Directorates General (DG CONNECT, DG DEVCO and DG DEFIS) and by the Latin America NREN community.