BELLA Impact

Large data exchanges and high-capacity connectivity will enable the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to open a new window to the Universe

Transatlantic EllaLink Cable Connection Complete!

After several years of planning, procurement, preparation, building, and most importantly collaboration, the BELLA Programme today sees an incredible milestone: the final splicing – and therefore completion of construction – of the new 6,000 km EllaLink submarine cable connection that directly links Europe and Latin America. Work now begins to bring BELLA connectivity online, providing the high capacity and low latency necessary for data-intensive research and education use.

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.

NEWS

EllaLink announces the live, virtual and interactive Season Finale of their EllaLEAKS series on 14 April 2021 in two sessions at 10am and 6pm CEST

EllaLink, the new 6,000km submarine cable connection that will directly link Europe and Latin America, will deliver connectivity for the BELLA Programme by providing the high capacity and low laten

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Brazil presents work on connectivity in the Atlantic Ocean at WACREN 2021

RNP network scientist Michael Stanton represented Brazil by co-presenting a paper on connectivity in the Atlantic Ocean during the sixth edition of the WACREN Annual Conference - Research and Education Network for West

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Videos

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.