Landing Point · BR Brazil
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Norte Conectado (Infovia 02) | Active |
| Projeto Amazônia Conectada (PAC 01) | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-11 through 2026-07-11 - live ICMP round-trip time via our monitoring probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 2 | 8.6 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 2 | 329.5 ms |
| #6487 own probe | Singapore SG | 2 | 343.0 ms |
| #7062 own probe | Cape Town ZA | 2 | 351.4 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 2 | 277.3 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 1 | 309.9 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 1 | 278.2 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 1 | 284.8 ms |
| #1015563 own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 1 | 268.1 ms |
Tefé is a municipality in the state of Amazonas, in northern Brazil. Situated in the Amazon interior rather than on the Atlantic coast, Tefé serves as a landing point for submarine cables that traverse the river systems of the Amazon basin, connecting inland communities across Brazil's vast northern territory. Two submarine cables land at Tefé, making it a modest but meaningful node in Brazil's domestic riverine cable network.
Both cables landing at Tefé connect exclusively to other points within Brazil, indicating that this landing point supports intra-national connectivity rather than intercontinental links. The cables serve a regional corridor oriented toward the Amazon basin, extending digital infrastructure into one of the country's most geographically challenging environments.
Norte Conectado (Infovia 02) is a cable stretching 1,796 km with a planned ready-for-service date of 2026, currently at draft stage. It connects multiple points within Brazil, running through the Amazon region to extend connectivity across the northern part of the country.
Projeto Amazônia Conectada (PAC 01) spans 800 km and reached its ready-for-service date in 2017, also at draft classification. Like Norte Conectado, it links points entirely within Brazil, forming part of the Amazônia Conectada initiative designed to bring submarine cable connectivity to riverine communities in the Amazon basin.
Within Brazil's submarine cable landscape, Tefé hosts 2 cables, placing it among the country's smaller landing points by cable count. Brazil's major hubs—Fortaleza with 10 cables and Rio de Janeiro with 8—dwarf Tefé in scale, while even mid-tier landing points such as Santos, Praia Grande, and Salvador each host more cables. Tefé is most closely comparable to Autazes, which also hosts 2 cables, and both represent the inland Amazon tier of Brazil's cable geography rather than the internationally connected Atlantic coast tier.
Tefé functions as a two-cable domestic terminus, enabling connectivity within the Amazon basin corridor through both the PAC 01 system, already in service since 2017, and the forthcoming Norte Conectado (Infovia 02) system scheduled for 2026. Together, these cables extend Brazil's submarine cable reach deep into the Amazonas state interior, a region where terrestrial infrastructure is constrained by geography. Tefé does not serve as a gateway for international traffic; its role is specifically oriented toward bridging domestic connectivity gaps in northern Brazil.
In the broader Brazilian submarine cable graph—which spans 22 cables across 64 landing points—Tefé represents a category of inland Amazon landing points that address regional domestic demand rather than intercontinental routing. Its presence alongside Autazes as a peer in this tier illustrates how Brazil's cable network extends beyond its Atlantic coastline to serve the country's vast interior river communities.
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