Fortaleza, Brazil

Fortaleza, Brazil is a submarine cable landing point in Brazil (coordinates -3.7185°, -38.5430°). It serves 10 submarine cable systems, making it a major regional hub in Brazil's international connectivity infrastructure.

Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It is Brazil's 4th largest city—Fortaleza surpassed Salvador in 2024 census with a population of slightly over 2.5 million. Currently, it is the eleventh richest city in the country by gross domestic product and the richest in the Northeast, with a GDP of about 73 billion reais. It forms the core of the Fortaleza metropolitan area, which is home to almost 4 million people. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Fortaleza, Brazil

Cables landing at Fortaleza, Brazil are operated by 13 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Algar Telecom, América Móvil (Claro), Angola Cables, Antel Uruguay, Camtel, China Unicom, Cirion Technologies, EllaLink, Google, Meta, and 3 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Fortaleza, Brazil, international traffic can reach 26 countries through 10 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile and 18 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Fortaleza, Brazil in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• EllaLink (2021) — On June 1, 2021, a signal left Sines, Portugal — a quiet fishing port on the Alentejo coast — and arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil, sixty-two milliseconds later. For the first time in the history of the internet, a European packet reached South America without touching North American soil. Read more →
• South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) (2020) — South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Brazil and Cameroon. Landing at Fortaleza, Kribi, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• BRUSA (2018) — BRUSA is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Brazil and United States. Landing at Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro, San Juan, Virginia Beach, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) (2018) — South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Brazil and Angola. Landing at Fortaleza, Sangano, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Monet (2017) — Monet is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United States and Brazil. Landing at Boca Raton, Fortaleza, Santos, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• America Movil Submarine Cable System-1 (AMX-1) (2014) — America Movil Submarine Cable System-1 (AMX-1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across South America, Central America, North America. With 15 landing points — including Barranquilla, Cancún, Cartagena, Fortaleza, Hollywood, and 10 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• South America-1 (SAm-1) (2001) — South America-1 (SAm-1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 9 countries across South America, North America. With 16 landing points — including Arica, Barranquilla, Boca Raton, Fortaleza, Las Toninas, and 11 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• GlobeNet (2000) — GlobeNet is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Colombia, United States, Brazil, Venezuela, Bermuda. Its 7 landing points at Barranquilla, Boca Raton, Fortaleza, Maiquetia, Rio de Janeiro, and 2 more bridge the networks of South America, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• South American Crossing (SAC) (2000) — South American Crossing (SAC) is a regional submarine cable connecting 8 countries — Colombia, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and others — with 11 landing points including Buenaventura, Colombia, Colón, Panama, Fort Amador, Panama, Fortaleza, Brazil and others. Read more →
• Project Waterworth — Project Waterworth is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Southern Africa and South Asia and Oceania, with 9 landing points across 6 countries including Amanzimtoti, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, Chennai, India, Darwin, NT, Australia and others. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.